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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: "MR DAVID BRIMLEY." <david_b@fossefans.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: brimley1881@ziplip.com
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 20:24:54 -0800
Subject: DORMANT ACCOUNT.
Dear Friend.
My name is David Brimley, I work in a bank here in the
United Kingdom.I am contacting you of a business transfer,
of a huge sum of money from A deceased account. Though I
know that a transaction of this magnitude Will make any one
apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that Everything
has been taken care off, and all will be well at the end
Of the day. I decided to contact you due to the urgency
of this transaction.
PROPOSITION;
I am the account officer of a foreigner named Gerald
Welsh who died in an air crash along with his wife on
The 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian airline 990 with
Other passengers on board. You can confirm this from
The website below which was published by CNN.WEBSITE.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin are alive to
Make claims for this money as his heir, because they
All died in the same accident himself and his wife
(May Their soul rest in peace). We cannot release the
fund from his account unless someone applies for claimas
The next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our Banking
guidelines. Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission
to have you stand as a next of kin to The deceased, as all
documentations will be carefully Worked out by me for the funds
(Euro12,500,000. 00) to Be released in your favor as the beneficiary's
next of Kin.
Because after four to five years the money will be called
back to the bank treasury as unclaimed bills and the money
shared amongst the directors of the bank. So it is on this
Note I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the
\next of kin/beneficiary to this funds rather than allow
The bank directors to share this money amongst themselves
at the end of the year.
It may interest you to know that we have secured from
the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of the
Deceased beneficiaries and no one was found. Please
acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our
mutual business Endeavor by furnishing me with the following
information if you are interested.
1.A Beneficiary name…. In order for me to prepare the
Document for transfer of the funds in your name.
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers. For our personal
Contact and mutual trust in each other.
I shall be compensating you with 10 percent of the
Whole funds on final conclusion of this
Project for your assistance, while the balance E11.25
Million Euros(Eleven Million Two hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros)
shall be for me for investmentPurposes. Because I intend to
retire after the Conclusion of this transaction.
If this proposal is Acceptable by you, please endeavor
to contact me Immediately. Do not take undue advantage
of the trust I have bestowed in you, I await your urgent mail.
Regards,
David Brimley
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