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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 ANTHONY PRINCEWILL" <anthonyprincewill1@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: anthonyprincewill@myway.com
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 06:49:08 -0800
Subject: re;urgent and confidential.
Dear Sir,
I am Mr. Athony Princewill ,privet financial consultant. I am the personal financial / business consultant to Mr. Hubert Sorg , a foreigner who died in U.K. without any will. I contacted your Embassy to locate any of my client’s relatives, immediate or extended and this has proved unsuccessful.
After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet and locate any member of his family but it was a futile search. Hence, I am contacting you. I need you to assist in securing the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where his huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, the bank where the deceased had a domiciliary account valued ten million, five hundred thousand ($10.5m) United States Dollars. The bank has issued a notice that I provide the Next of Kin or have the account confiscated within the next one month.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over two years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased. of this account valued at $10.5 million Dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money. The sharing ratio will be 60% to me and 37% to you, while 3% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require.
I have all necessary documents to back up claims if you consent as Next of Kin. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us execute this deal with absolute confidentiality from you. I guarantee that this will be done under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you. Please get in touch with me by email anthonyprincewill@myway.com to enable us discuss further.
Best regards,
Anthony Princewill.
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