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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.Festus More" <festmore@netscape.net> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 15:10:41 +0200
Subject: Business Opportunity
Attention Sir,
My name is Mr. Festus More, I am the credit manager in a bank here in
Europe. 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 Mrs. Beverly Grant who died
in an air crash along with her husband on the 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian airline 990 with other passengers on board. You can confirm this from the website below:
http://www.greatdreams.com/PassEAir990.htm
http://www.greatdreams.com/plane990.htm
since her death, none of her next-of-kins are alive to make claims to this
money as her heir, they all died in the same incident (May their souls rest in peace).
We cannot release the fund from her 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 (US$15,500,000.00) to be released in your favor as the beneficiary/next of kin.
I want you to understand that after four 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/her 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. 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's 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 and to fax you some documents
I shall be compensating you with Five million dollars ($5Million dollars)
on final conclusion of this project for your assistance, while the balance
$10 million dollars shall be for me for investment purposes.
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. please do contact me via this email :festmore@netscape.net
Regards,
Festus More.
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