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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)
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 04:09:48 -0800 (PST)
Subject: BCV bank, LONDON
From=A0Mr Sadiq
BCV=A0 bank, LONDON
PHONE:+447024096508
=A0
Dear sir
=A0
In order to transfer out (USD 26 M) twenty six million United States=A0 Dol=
lars) from=A0 BCV=A0 bank,=A0 LONDON. I have the courage to ask you to=A0 l=
ook for a reliable and honest person who will be capable for this important=
business believing that you will never let me down either now=A0 or in fut=
ure.
=A0
I am=A0Mr Sadiq=A0,the Chief auditor of BCV Bank (LONDON).There is an accou=
nt opened in this bank in 1990 and since 1998 nobody has operated=A0 this a=
ccount again. After going through some old files in the records, I=A0 disco=
vered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited =
for nothing. The owner of this account is Mr.Sheu Yuan-dong who died with h=
is wife and their only daughter on February16,1998 in a plane crash . No ot=
her person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account=
has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that th=
is company does not know anything about this account, He was the Governor o=
f Taiwan Central(Reserve)Bank.The said amount is U.S$26.000,000.00 dollars(=
twenty=A0 Million, US Dollars).Their death was occured Naturally.Please Vie=
w this website:=20
=A0
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9802/16/taiwan.crash.update2/=20
..=20
I want to first transfer USDM=A0=A0 six million United States Dollars=A0 fr=
om this money into a safe foreigners account abroad before the rest, but I =
don't know any=A0 foreigner.i am only contacting you as a foreigner because=
this money cannot be approved to a local bank here, but can only be approv=
ed to any foreign account because the money is in us dollars and the former=
owner of the account is Mr. Sheu Yuan-dong he is a foreigner too. I know t=
hat this message will come to you as a surprise as we don't=A0=A0 know=A0 o=
urselves before. We will sign an agreement, but be sure that it is real and=
a genuine business. I only got your contact address from my secretary who =
operates computer,with=A0 believe in God that you will never let me down in=
this business. You are the=A0=A0 only person that I have contacted in this=
business; so please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step=
to take immediately.=20
=A0
Send also your private telephone and fax number including the full details =
of the account to be used for the deposit. I want us to meet face to face o=
r sign a binding=A0 agreement to bind us together so that you can=A0 receiv=
e this money into a foreign account or any account of your choice where the=
fund will be safe. And I will fly to your country for withdrawal and shari=
ng and other=A0 investments.I am contacting you because of the need to invo=
lve a foreigner with foreign account and foreign beneficiary. I need your f=
ull co-operation to make this work fine because=A0 the management is ready =
to approve this payment to any foreigner, who=A0 has correct information of=
this account, which I will give to you later immediately, if you are able =
and with capability to handle such amount=A0 in strict confidence and trust=
according to my instructions and advice for=A0 our=A0 mutual benefit becau=
se this opportunity will never come again in my=A0 life. I need truthful
person in this business because I don't want to make mistake I need your s=
trong assurance and trust.
=A0
With my position now in the office I can transfer this money to any foreign=
er's reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that=A0 this mo=
ney will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for=A0 shari=
ng. I will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this=
money leaving no trace to any place. You can also come to discuss with me =
face to face after which I will make this remittance in your presence and=
=A0 two of us will fly to your country at least two days ahead of the money=
going into the account.
=A0
I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from you=A0 th=
at=A0 you are ready to act and receive this fund in your account.. I will u=
se=A0 my=A0=A0 position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward =
transfer of=A0=A0 this=A0 money to your account with appropriate clearance =
forms of the ministries and foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion=
of this business, you will be given 35% of the total=A0 amount, 60% will b=
e for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred du=
ring the process of transferring.
=A0I look forward to your earliest reply.
=A0
Yours truly,
=A0Mr Sadiq=0A=0A=0A
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