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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: Phil Hodkinson <hodkinson1111@msn.com>
Reply-To: <philhodkinson5@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:21:18 +0000
Subject: PARTNERSHIP IN BUSINESS
Alpha Bank London
66 cannon Street
London EC4N 6EP
United Kingdom
Dear Friend,
How are you today? Hope all is well. I am in search of an agent to assist me in the transfer of £23,000,000.00 (Twenty Three Million Pounds Sterling) only in my branch that belongs to our Late Matthew L. Tallman, an American army who unfortunately lost his life in the helicopter crash on their mission for operation Iraqi Freedom on August 22, 2007.I want to transfer the money into your reliable bank account as the sole NEXT-OF-KIN.
No body has shown up as his next of kin for the claim because the account is untraceable. Upon the investigation I carried out from his records, I found out that his foreign business consultant who would have trace the account died earlier before the deceased. Therefore, this is a confidential and sealed deal. You shall also help me in subsequent investments in properties in your country.
You will be required to:-
(1) Assist in the transfer of the said sum
(2) Advise on lucrative areas for investment
(3) Assist me in purchase of properties.
For the success of this transaction, you should apply and act as the only existing NEXT-OF-KIN to the deceased which our bank will replace the deceased account information through proper documentation in position of your own account. This transaction is risk-free, it will never harm your good reputation in your society because no one can trace the account, and on the instant of the transfer of the fund into your account, the chapter of this transaction will be closed entirely.
Note that in a business of this nature, the bank don’t want to know your difference between the deceased country, religion or believe because our bank inheritance law is against that. So, it is a preference for us to achieve this success without any problem. Please note down that once the fund get transferred into your account, you will take 40% of the total sum while the rest will be for me as I will arrange myself down to your country to take my share.
I need your urgent response and include your private telephone/mobile numbers for easy communication. Please reply if you can be trusted in this deal.
Regards,
Dr. Phil Hodkinson
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