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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: "Xena Zhong" <xenazhong42979@torba.com>
Reply-To: xenazhong202@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 20:51:08 +0100
Subject: Please help me.
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=slogin
and 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$2,000,000(Two Million
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 20 % 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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