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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: "Steven Lee" <stevenlee@unionbankngplc.net>
Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 16:01:02 +0000
Subject: URGENT INHERITANCE CLAIM
FROM THE DESK OF STEVEN LEE
PRIVATE EMAIL: stevenlee@unionbankngplc.net
URGENT INHERITANCE CLAIM
GOOD DAY,
I KNOW THIS PROPOSAL WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE
EXPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW THE WRITER, CONDSIDERING
THE HUGE SUM OF MONEY INVOLVED WHICH COULD MAKE ANY
APPREHENSIVE. LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF TO YOU,
I AM STEVEN LEE, THE HEAD OF TELEX DEPARTMENT OF MY BANK,
WHERE AM PRESENTLY WORKING.
I SAW YOUR CONTACT DURING MY PRIVATE SEARCH AT THE
INFORMATION CENTRE HERE IN MY COUNTRY CHAMBER OF COMMENCE
AND
INDUSTRY AND I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE VERY
HONEST, COMMITTED AND CAPABLE OF ASSISTING IN THIS
BUSINESS VENTURE.
FIRSTLY, LET ME EXPLAIN THE SOURCE OF THIS FUNDS AND WHAT
YOU ARE EXPECTED TO DO. A FORIGNER LATE MOHAMED KAMAL
YASSER, OIL MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR
, UNTIL HIS DEATH, OVER THE PAST YEARS AGO, WAS
A VICTIM OF AN EGYPTIAN AIRLINE FLIGHT 990 PLANE CRASH.
HERE IS DETAILS ABOUT THE PLANE CRASH.
(www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.h tml)
THE DECEASED, MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER, BANKED WITH US AND HAS
A CLOSING BALANCE AS A JULY 2000 WORTH $45M (FOURTY FIVE
MILLION USD). WHICH MY BANK, NOW EXPECTES A NEXT-OF-KIN TO
CLAIM AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE FUNDS, EFFORTS
HAS BEEN MADE BY MY BANK DIRECTORS TO
GET IN TOUCH WITH THE MR MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER\\\\\\\'S
FAMILY OR RELATIVE BUT TO NO SUCCESS BASED ON THE
PERCEIVED POSSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE
MOHAMED KAMAL\\\\\\\'S NEXT-OF-KIN, THE MANAGEMENT UNDER
THE INFLUENCE OF OUR CHAIRMAN AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ARE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNDS TO BE DECLARED
UNCLAIMED AND CHANNELED TO AN UNKNOWN ACCOUNT.
IT IS BASED ON THIS THAT WE HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO STAND AS
THE NEXT-OF-KIN OF LATE MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER SO THAT THE
FUNDS WILL BE RELEASED AND PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE
BENEFICIARY AND THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE DECEASED.
ALL DOCUMENTS, AND PROOF TO ENABLE YOU GET THE FUNDS HAVE
BEEN CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AS WE HAVE SECURED FROM THE
DIFFERENT OFFICES CONCERNED FOR THE SMOOTH TRANSFER OF THE
FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT.IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT THE
OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH 30% OF THE
REMITTED FUNDS, WHILE WE KEEP 65% AND 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE
TO OFFSET EXPENSES BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONAL.
IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU, PLEASE REACH ME THROUGH MY
DIRECT EMAIL ADDRESS FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ALSO SEND ME
YOUR CONTACT TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER INCLUDING YOUR CELL
PHONE NUMBER FOR QUICK AND EASY COMMUNICATION.
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE, ALL THE BEST AND GOD BLESS
YOU. PLEASE EMAIL ME ON THIS MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR
SECURITY REASON ADRESS:stevenlee@unionbankngplc.net
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
STEVEN LEE.
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