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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: "d s" <ds2004@h-s-b-c.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 12:37:10 +0000
Subject: From: Lin Mao
I am Ms Lin Mao Li, a Chinese Native, from Taipei, Taiwan and I am an
Executive Accountant with HSBC Hong Kong. First and foremost, I apologize
using this medium to reach you for a transaction/business of this magnitude,
but this is due to confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this medium.
I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution
of the deal described hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you
will keep it as a top secret because of the nature of this transaction.
Within the International Remittance Department where I work as an Executive
Accountant and with the cooperation of four other top officials, we have in
our possession as overdue payment bills totalling Twenty – Eight Million,
Five Hundred Thousand U. S. Dollars ($28,500,000.) which we want to transfer
abroad with the assistance and cooperation of a foreign company/individual
to receive the said fund on our behalf or a reliable foreign non-company
account to receive such funds. More so, we are handicapped in the
circumstances, as the Taipei Civil Service Code of Conduct does not allow us
to operate offshore account hence your importance in the whole transaction.
Anyway, we had a foreign client Frederick M. Wong and his wife Lilla C.
Wong, of Redwood City, California who was on board the ill fated Egypt air
flight 990 which crashed 31 October 1999. He deposited a huge sum of amount,
US$28.5million (Twenty Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) with our bank.
Unfortunately, this client was among the victims of EGYPTAIR FLIGHT NO.990
that crashed on the 31-10-1999 in U.S.A. Confirmable from the below website
http://www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html or
www.greatdreams.com/plane990.htm but, since then we have not had anybody to
come for the claims as the next of kin. A situation I have monitored closely
with my position in the bank.
Now, having monitored this deposit and managed it over the years before his
death, and hence nobody has showed up as the next of kin for the past two
years plus, I have removed the file to my "private vault".
I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the next of kin as every
other arrangement has being concluded by me and I am only waiting for a
foreigner to enable me move the funds to his account. This does not have any
risk attached to it as all the internal documentations would be handled by
me and every loop holes sealed off.
I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you be
willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the sum will be a
compensating % subject to negotiation between us. The business itself is
100% safe, on your part provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and
confidentiality. Also your area of specialization is not a hindrance to the
successful execution of this transaction. I have reposed my confidence in
you and hope that you will not disappoint me.
Endeavour to contact me immediately my e-mail address or fax to +85230105119
whether or not you are interested in this deal. If you are not, it will
enable me scout for another foreign partner to carry out this deal I want to
assure you that my partners and myself are in a position to make the payment
of this claim possible provided you can give us a very strong assurance and
guarantee that our share will be secured and please remember to treat this
matter as very confidential matter, because we will not comprehend with any
form of exposure as we are still in active service and remember once again
that time is of the essence in this business.
I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.
Yours faithfully,
Lin Mao Li
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