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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: "Mr. Harvey Connor" <connorhar1@googlemail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:42:52 -0700
Subject: Please reconfirm immediately
Dear Friend,
How are you today, and how about your lovely ones, Hope you all are in good
health? I know you must be surprise reading this type of mail from me But I
will introduce myself to you, My name is Mr.Harvey Connor, a staff of HSBC
Bank London, I here solicit for your strictly confidence on a good business
transaction involving a huge sum of money from a deceased foreign customer
Late Mr. Morris Thompson; who died along with his family in plane crash of
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000,
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
He deposited this funds amounting to US$28.6m {Twenty Eight Million Six
Hundred Thousand US Dollars) for safe keeping in our Bank here in London.
Previously our filed record shows that the fund was actually for a project
he wanted to start in the near future (a multi million Dollar steel planting
in Florida, USA) before his sudden and untimely death.
Since his death no one of his relations or next-of-kin has come forward to
claims this fund as the heir. Now our bank has been waiting for any of the
relatives to come-up for the claim but nobody has done that. I personally
has been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for 2 years now, I seek your
consent to present you as the next of kin / Will Beneficiary to the deceased
because my bank will not release the money unless someone applies for claim
as the next-of-kin to the deceased as Indicated in our operating guidelines.
Please I need your urgent co-operation because I do not want this money to
go into the Bank Treasury. The British banking policy and guideline
stipulates that any unclaimed money belonging to a deceased person for the
period of 10 years will be transferred into the Banks Treasury as an
unclaimed debt. The choice of contacting you is aroused from the
geographical nature of where you live, particularly due to the sensivity of
the transaction.
All I require now is your honest Co-operation, Confidentiality and trust to
enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and i from any
breach of the law. This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages,
45% to me and 30% to you, while 25% will be used in joint business of your
choice in your country. I want you to send me the below details
1. Full Name
2. Your private mobile telephone number for effective communication
3. Your Contact Address.
Strictly send the above information through my email adrress, for my urgent
attention.
Best Regards,
Mr. Harvey Connor
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