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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: wang_q1@tiscali.co.uk
Reply-To: wang_Q3@mail2world.com
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 20:06:48 +0100
Subject: Urgent and Confidential.
FROM THE DESK OF:
MR.WANG QIN,
BANK OF CHINA(Hong Kong)
QINHUANGDAO BRANCH
REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
I am Mr.WANG QIN,Bank Manager, Bank of China(Hong Kong) ,
Qinhuangdao branch, R.O.C. I have urgent and very confidential business
proposition
for you.
On June 6, 1998, a British Oil consultant/contractor with the Chinese
Solid Minerals Corporation, Mr. Smith Lawrence made a numbered time (Fixed)
Deposit
for twelve calendar months, valued at US$30,000,000.00 (Thirty Million Dollars)
in my
branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address
but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered
from his contract
employers, the Chinese Solid Minerals Corporation that Mr. Smith Lawrence
died from an
automobile accident. On further investigation, I found out that he died
without
making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was! fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Smith Lawrence
did not
declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his
Bank Deposit
paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$30,000,000.00 is still sitting in
my Bank and the
interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each
year. No one
will ever come forward to claim it. According to Laws of Republic of China,
at the expiration
of 6(six) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Chinese Government
if
nobody applies to claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand
in as the next of kin
to Mr. Smith Lawrence so that the fruits of this old man's labor will not
get into the hands of
some corrupt government officials. This is simple, I will like you to provide
immediately your
full names and address so that the attorney will prepare the neces! sary
documents and
affidavits that will put you in place as the next of kin. We shall employ
the services of an
attorney for drafting and notarization of the WILL and to obtain the necessary
documents
and letter of probate/administration in your favor for the transfer. A bank
account in any part
of the world that you will provide will then facilitate the transfer of
this money to you as the
beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid into your account for us
to share in the ratio
of 90% for me and 10% for you.
There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be
done by the attorney
and my position as the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution
of this
transaction. If you are interested, please reply immediately via the private
email address
above. Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and
relevant
documents that will help you understand the transacti! on. Please send
me your
confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy communication.
Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction
would be most
profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest
my share in your
country.
Awaiting your urgent reply via my email address.(wang_Q3@mail2world.com)
Thanks and regards,
Mr.Wang Qin
__________________________________________________
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