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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: "KENNETH MARDOS" <kenmardos@o2.pl> (may be fake)
Reply-To: kenmardos@myway.com
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 06:06:42 +0000
Subject: HAPPY NEW YEAR
Dear Friend,
My name is KEN MARDOS, I am the credit Control manager in a bank here in
United Kingdom. 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 Mrs. Beverly Grant who died along with her husband
and other passengers on board. Since her death, none of her next-of-kin
have
come for claim for this Money, because none of the relations knows that
she
has an account in our Bank. (May her soul rest in peace).
Now this money has been release to the security company which is our paying agent for all the decease next of kin, and I being the accounts officer is the only one authorise to supply the security company the name of the next of kin of our client. We cannot forward any name to them unless someone comes up for this 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$15,000,000.00) to be released in your favor as the
beneficiary's next of kin.
Because after four years the money will be called back to the bank treasury
as
unclaimed bills and the money will be shared among 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 call this money back from the security outfit vault
to share among themselves at the end of the year.
It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an order
of
Mandamus t! o locate any of the deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge
the
Rec eipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business, endeavor
to
furnish me with this following information if you are interested.
1. Direct Telephone and fax numbers. For our personal contact and mutual
trust
in each other. Upon your acceptance I shall send you a copy of my
International passport or driver's license for more confidentiality and
trust.
I shall be compensating you with 35% of the total money on Final conclusion
of
this project for your assistance, while the balance 60% Shall be for me
for
investment purposes and the remaining 5% shall be for expenditure that might
be incured during the transaction.
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, I await for
your
urgent mail to my personal email address: kenmardos@myway.com </?cmd=napisz&to=kenmardos@myway.com>
Upon your confirmation on this email, i will forward your name to the security company and your telephone and fax numbers so that you will be there to receive the inherrittance as the next of kin of late MRS BEVERLY GRANT.
Regards,
MARDOS KEN
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