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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: "Mr.NELSON Mark" <nels.mak77@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: nels.mak01@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:56:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT;;;:
It is my pleasure to seek for your assistance. This proposal is real and I =
want you to consider it very important.This is an opportunity I cannot affo=
rd to loose in life.
=A0
Briefly I am Mr.Nelson Mark. the manager Bill and exchange of the foreign r=
emittance department of PRUDENT INTERNATIONAL BANK LOME-TOGO.
=A0=A0=20
In my departement,I discovered an=A0invoice sum of $18.5 million US dollars=
(Eighteen million five hundred thounsand US dollars) in an account that bel=
ongs to one of our foreign customer, who died along with his entire family =
On the 26th of December 2003, his wife and only daughter travelled to his w=
ife country IRAN=A0for a=A0holiday and unfotunantely they were involved in =
an Earthquake which occoured in Bam on the 26th of December 2003 in IRAN wh=
ich claim about 25 thausand lives in the Earthquake .=20
=A0=A0=20
Since I got informations about his death,I have been expecting his next of =
kin to come over and claim his money because we can not release it unless s=
omebody applies for it as his next of kin or relation to the deceased as in=
dicated in our banking guide lines and laws. But unfortunately I learnt tha=
t his supposed next of kin or relation died along side with him in the Eart=
hquake,leaving nobody behind for the claim, it is therefore upon this disco=
very that I now, wish to make this business proposal to you and release the=
money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and=
subsequent this disbusement since nobody is comming for it and I do not wa=
nt this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed.
=A0=A0=20
The bank law and guide line here stipulated that if such money remained unc=
laimed after four years,the money will be transfered into the bank treasury=
as unclaimed fund.The request for foreigner as next of kin in this busines=
s is accasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and an indige=
ne cannot stand as next of kin to this family I therefore wish to contact y=
ou and seek for your assistance, to help me claim this money from the bank =
and transfer it into your company account or private account. You will equa=
ly make an arrangement for me to visit your country for disbursement after =
the money must have been transfered.=20
=A0=A0=20
For all the pains and assistance I am offering you 25% of the total money.A=
nother 5% will be for any expenses both local and international. 70% will b=
e for me and my family. Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this =
fund to you as arranged you must apply first to the bank as a relation or n=
ext of kin of the deceased,indicating your bank name,your bank account numb=
er,your private telephone and the fax number for easy and effective communi=
cation and location where the money will be remitted.=20
=A0=A0=20
I will not fell to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch free=
and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all require arrangem=
nts have been made for the transfer,but should be confidential. You should =
please contact me immediately as soon as you go through the message.In the =
hope that we can enter into a good business venture.=A0=A0=20
=A0=A0=A0=20
Best Regards,=A0=A0=20
Mr.Nelson Mark.=0A=0A=0A
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