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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: drkirkmurdoch@ymail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:11:53 +0300
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED
Dear Friend,
I wish to approach you with a request that would be of immense benefit
to both of us.I am an attorney based in Scotland United Kingdom.I want
you and I to make some fortune out of a situation that I am obviously
left with no other better option.The issue that I am presenting to you
,is a case of my client that willed a fortune to his only daughter. It
is unfortunate that he and his daughter died on the London Bomb attacks
on 7 July 2005. The wife died of heart attack on receiving the sad news
a week after.I am now faced with a problem of getting a trusted person
who I will make the beneficiary that I would pass the fortune to. And
according to the law such fortune is supposed to be bequeathed to the
government if there is not any a relative or next-of-kin of the decease
that would surface for claim of the fortune.
However, I personally don't belong to such school of thought that
proposes that such fortune be given to the government because this is
cheating and is possible that the top government officials for their own
selfish interest could divert the fortune. Because of this I am contacting
you to seek your acting as the beneficiary of the will. I am my client
attorney and I alone know about his will.Upon indication of your
interests, all I will do is to amend the will by fitting in your name as the
supposed next-of-kin and back it up with a sworn affidavit, which
automatically became valid. This amendment should be between us and must not
leak out to anyone. It is absolutely confidential.I have complete
information of his bank account details with an outstanding balance of
$48,550,000.00USD ($48.550 Million USD). To make you be sure of this, I can
provide you with details of his bank to enable you to log on to his
account to confirm this balance. I know that you would be apprehensive
and feel that this is a big sum, but it does not matter because this is
a legacy being passed on to a next-of-kin and you are the available
next-of-kin. As I am not very sure of getting your consent yet on the
issue, I prefer not to divulge my full identity so as not to risk being
disbarred. Until I am sure of your consent and full cooperation then I will
not
be afraid to give you my full identity. In the meanwhile, I would
prefer that we maintain correspondence by email and fax.
At this point I want to assure you that your true consent, full
co-operation and confidentiality are all that are required to enable us to
take full advantage of this golden opportunity.I shall make representation
to the legal courts to facilitate the
amendment process within three working days. Since this is a
transaction of immense benefit to both of us, I would want that we shared
all
expenses according to our agreed sharing ratio of the fortune. The sharing
ratio shall be 60% for me and 40% for you. This shall also be
applicable to all expenditures that would be incurred in the course of the
transaction because I wouldn?t want either of us to feel cheated. Please
note that this is a legal and risk free transaction that does not in
anyway hamper the monetary laws of your country. It is an inheritance fund.
If you are interested to work with me, please provide me with your
Name:
Address:
Nationality:
Age:
Date of birth:
Phone and fax numbers
Name of Company
As required for the amendment of the will. On completion of this, I
will send you a copy of the amended will which you will fax to the bank
with a back up letter written by your good self requesting for the
release of the fund to you. I will also write to the bank as the legal
representative of my client Before his demise, ordering for the transfer of
the fund to you, as the beneficiary of his will. I will appreciate your
urgent response in this regard. Thanks for your anticipated
cooperation.
Yours faithfully,
Kirk Murdoch.
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