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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: "MISS ZHONG" <missxenazhong@beehive.org>
Reply-To: xena_zhong@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 18:26:28 +0100
Subject: Hello Dear Friend,
Hello Dear Friend,
It is with a heart full of pains sorrow and anguish that am writing you this
letter and I sincerely hope and pray that you will come to my rescue by
assisting me with this proposal.
My name is Miss Xena Zhong, the surviving 19 years old daughter of late Mr.
Shan zhong (Zhong Foods Ltd China) who is one of the victims of the
Earthquake incidents that happen last month in Chengdu, Sichuan -China.
It is so very unfortunate that I lost my whole family (both parents and my
kid brother) in that incident I am the only survival when our home collapsed
on Monday 12th May 2008.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/world/asia/13china.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=sloginand
now I did not know where to start in life…Sudden; the earthquake has
turned my life upside down.
Dear friend, I need your help and assistance to receive my late father's
deposited fund. I got to known from my Late father about this deposited fund
at my 18th birthday and it amounts to the sum of US$1,800,000 (One Million
Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).
He kept this money as a fixed deposit in a local bank here in Sichuan and in
my name as the next of kin but at my age I cannot stand the withdrawal and
transfer of these funds without the help of a matured relative or a foreign
partner who will receive this money abroad.
I am contacting you based on my present situation as I was informed by the
bank that all consignment have been moved to their branch office in Hong
Kong and that I should come to Hong Kong for further processes. In the
capacity of the next of kin to this fund, I am contacting you with due sense
of humanity and responsibility and with total believe that you will give it
a sympathetic consideration. I am humbly seeking your assistance in the
following ways.
(1) To provide a bank account where this money would be transferred to in
your country.
(2) To serve as the guardian of this fund and in contact the bank as to
taking delivery of the consignment box (fund)
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my
education and to secure a residential permit for me in your country so that
I can forget about this ugly incident.
(4)To provide good investment plans for the fund and to manage the fund for
5 years, during the investment period, only our profit will be shared
annually. 60% for me the investor while 40% will be for you (the fund
manager) annually.
Moreover, I am willing to offer you 30 % of the total sum as compensation
for your effort /input after the successful transfer of this fund to your
nominated account overseas before the investments Starts. I believe that
this transaction would be concluded within a stipulated period of time not
more that 10 days.
Please signify your interest to assist me as soon as possible.
Thanks and God bless you.
Best regards,
Miss Xena Zhong.
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