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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: "Joseph Austin" <billyjohnson@handbag.com>
Reply-To: joseph_austin@sify.com
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 23:09:02 +0200
Subject: Attention please
FROM THE DESK OF Mr. Joseph Austin
(Phd Banking and Finance)
Barclays Bank Plc
Johannesburg South Africa
Dear Sir/Maa,
My name is MR. JOSEPH AUSTIN. I am an Accountant with BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
also a personal Account Manager to LATE ENGR.MICHAEL MORGAN a citizen of
United States of America who until his death worked with Shell Oil Development
Company in Johannesburg South Africa. (SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY PLC). On
April 21, 2000 my client, "LATE ENGR. MICHAEL MORGAN", his wife and his
three children were involved in a fatal car accident on their way to Airport
where he schadled to aboard flight to his country for a two months leave
that was granted to him by the Company together with his family. Unfortunately
the sudden event occured and none of them survived.
After few years now, I have been making inquiries to your embassy to locate
any of my clients extended relatives or next of kin, this proved unsuccessful.
After these attempts I had made so far, I now decided to look for some one,
any one over the Internet, who can be of help to stand as a family member
to LATE ENGR. MICHAEL MORGAN to come forward and claim back his money in
our bank.
Inotherwords, I am calling on you to please come and assist me in repatriating
this money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated
or declared unserviceable in our bank where this huge deposits were lodged,
mainly our bank BARCLAYS BANK PLC, where the deceased had this account valued
at ($25.5 Million US dollars), The Bank has issued me a notice to provide
the next of kin or have the account confiscated within some period of time.Since
I have not been able to locate the relatives for over several years now,
I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so
that the proceeds of this account valued at ($25.5 Million US dollars),
can be paid to you and you and I can share the money with you thus: 65%
to me and 30% for you, while 5% will be set aside for any expenses that
may be incurred by both parties. An attorney will be contracted to help
revalidate and authorize all the necessary legal documents that can be used
to back up any claim we may put forward before the bank. All I require is
your honesty and maximum cooperation, your contact telephone number and
fax if any to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee you that this
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement, thus this transaction is
free from any kind of illegality and no single risk is involved as far this
matter is concern.
Kindly contact me with my private E-mail:-joseph_austin@sify.com
I am looking forward to seeing your response soonest.
Best regards,
MR.JOSEPH AUSTIN
(External Auditor Accountant)
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
Johannesburg South Africa
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