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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. Hank Smith" <mrhsmith34@googlemail.com>
Reply-To: hanksmith04@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:42:44 -0700
Subject: From Mr. Hank Smith
*Dear Friend,*
*I know this message will appear to you as a surprise but before i
proceed, My name is Mr. Hank Smith from UK and I work with CITIBANK
INTERNATIONAL PLC. LONDON BRANCH as the the auditing manager and I am
contacting you via email from my office that will be of an immense
benefit to both of us. In my department, I discovered an abandoned sum
of ($16.5 million) Sixteen million five hundred thousand USA Dollars
in an account that belongs to one of our deceased foreign customer
Late Mr. Denis Cook an American citizen who unfortunately lost his
life in the accident of Osama Bin Laden Bombing of World Trade centre
on the 11th of September 2001 and The choice of contacting you is
aroused from the geographical nature of where you live particularly
due to the sensitivity of the transaction and the confidentiality
herein. This bank has been waiting for any of the relatives or next of
kin to come-up for the claim but nobody has done that and I personally
has been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for 2 years now and
with all the indications and information's there is no one to claim
this fund and my bank has decided to transfer the fund into the bank
unclaimed account for the bank use if no one is presented to them by
me as the beneficiary and i don't want that to happen because this is
a golden opportunity that comes once in a life time and i want us to
grab it which is the major reason i am contacting you to seek your
consent to present you as the next of kin /Will Beneficiary of the
fund so that the proceeds of this account valued at 16.5 Million
Dollars can be paid to you for our mutual benefit.*
*At the conclusion of this transfer The fund will be disbursed or
shared in these percentages, 60% to me and 40% to you . I have secured
all necessary legal documents and vital informations that can be used
to back up this claim we are making. All i need is to fill in your
names to the ducuments and legalise it in the court here to prove you
as the legitimate beneficiary. All I need now is your
understanding,honesty,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 from
any breach of the law. So you are required to provide me the following
items below so that we can proceed with the process of the transfer as
we have 5 working days to get this fund transferred into any of your
account. This is very very URGENT PLEASE.*
*1. Full Name
2. Your Telephone Number
3. Your Contact Address.*
*I decided to contact you hoping that you will find this proposal
interesting. Please on your confirmation of this message and
indicating your interest kindly send the required contact information
as stated above to enable me proceed with the process. Endeavor to let
me know your decision rather than to keep me waiting.
Awaiting your urgent response Immediately you read my message.*
*Regards,
Mr. Hank Smith
*
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