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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: "David R Scott" <rdscott@handbag.com>
Reply-To: rdscott@ziplip.com
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 17:49:59 +0100
Subject: Acknowledge
FROM THE DESK : DAVID R.SCOTT
I am the credit manager in a bank here in the United Kingdom. I am contacting
you of a transaction involving 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 well 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. To ease your apprehension as this
may come to you as a surprise, especially as we have probably not met before.
I apologize for this sudden approach, as it is due to the urgent nature
of the proposal I intend to present to you. I got your contact through a
desperate and personal search on the web, for someone I could really trust.
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</Redirect/www.cnn.com/US/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html>
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin is alive to make claims for this
money as his heir, because they all died in the same accident (May his soul
rest in peace). We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone
applies for claim as 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 to be released in your favor as
the beneficiary's next of kin.Because after four years the money will be
called back to the bank treasury as unclaimed bills and the money forfeited
to 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 take possession of the funds 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.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 PAPERPWORK for
transfer of the funds in your name.
2.Details particulars of your contact address.
3. Direct Telephone and fax numbers for our personal contact.
Upon your indication of your readiness to assist we shall then discuss what
percentage of this money would be yours on final conclusion of this project
for your assistance. Also 3% of these funds will be given to any charity
from your locality based on your recommendation; however I intend to invest
my share in real-estate and stocks, 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 by informing you of this transaction from my bank as I will advise you
to kindly desist from responding at all if you do NOT intend to render any
assistance.
Endeavor to respond via my confidential and official email address as stated
rdscott@ziplip.com
Thanks and best regards,
DAVID R. SCOTT
THIS E-MAIL MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS MAY CONTAIN LEGALLY PRIVILEGED
INFORMATION.IT IS INTENDED FOR THE ADDRESSEE ONLY AND IF YOU ARE NOT THE
INTENDED RECIPIENT YOU SHOULD NOT COPY OR USED THE CONTENTS NOR DISCLOSE
THEM TO ANYBODY ELSE.IN SUCH A CASE PLEASE NOTIFY THE SENDER BY RETURN E-MAIL
IMMEDIATELY AND DELETE THIS MESSAGE AND ITS ATTACHMENTS TOGETHER WITH ALL
COPIES IN WHATEVER FORM
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