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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: "Dr. Tom Bullard"<jackwarner1999@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <tombullard@emi-ecb.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:43:22 +0100
Subject: Attn: Beneficiary.
02-07-09
Dear Beneficiary.
I hope that this correspondence is received with the urgency and the expediency required.
I am Dr.Tom Bullard, it has come to the notice of European Central Bank and the European Monetary Institute in Collaboaration with the British Government, at the London Office of the Commission, that your present inheritance claims application being handled by officials In Africa,is presently experiencing some man made irregularities.To this effect,it has become necessary for the Board of Trustees to invite trained Fund Transfer / Assets transfer Specialists from tour Commission to resolve and regularize your fund release with immediate effect and stop all further fund discrepancies.
We at EMI/ECB have been duly consulted by the British Goverment Task Force on Fraud ,and have been fully informed about how the staff of the remitting bank have been taking advantage of you by telling you to pay unnecessary exorbitant charges which will only make your fund payment a long drawn out process.
Due to this we have decided to step into the process of your fund transfer to enable your funds to be transferred within the soonest possible time without needing to pay all the huge sums of monies that are being demanded from you by the remitting bank, you are to get back to us immediately .
All processes to have your funds paid to you immediately through the EMI/ECB Liaison Remittance Office in London,United Kingdom,have been initiated to cut out unnecessary costs.You are advised to keep this communication highly confidential as the British Goverment have asked us to resolve this fund payment independent of your former attorneys In Nigeria, so as to identify the the principal participants in this unethical payment procedure.
Furthermore,you are hereby advised to pay no further fees or charges to any Individual or body in Afirca as well as any person or persons, Real or Fictitious, prostates and institutions as they shall no longer be handling your payment process.
We shall await your immediate correspondence with your Contact Addresses,telephone numbers and a scanned copy of any of your indentification for re-confirmation to to my confidential email address at (tombullard@emi-ecb.com) so that we may conclude your payment immediately.
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Tom Bullard
EMI/ECB
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