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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: peter <mattila101@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Date: 28 Jan 2005 04:16:39 -0000
Subject: URGENT!!!!
Mr.Peter Mattila,
NATWEST BANK PLC,
Borchlandweg,Amsterdam.
Dear Sir,
I am Mr.Peter Mattila, manager of bills/exchange at the
foreign remittance department of NATWEST BANK PLC. In my department, we
discovered an abandoned sum of US$14,700,000.00(Fourteen Million, Seven
Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only) in an account that belonged
to one of our foreign customers who involved in the September 11th Terrorist Attack at
America 2001 along with his entire family,
and he happened to be a Foreigner. Since
we got the information about his death, we have been expecting his
next-of-kin to come over and claim his money
because we can not release it unless somebody applied for it as next of
kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our
banking guidelines. Unfortunately, nobody has come forward to claim
this money.
It is based on this that some officials in my department and I have
decided to establish a cordial business relationship
with you, hence by contacting you. We want you to present yourself as
the next of kin through your relation with the deceased, so that the
funds can be remitted into your account.
Moreover, we do not want the money to go into the government account as
unclaimed bills. The banking law and guidelines here
stipulates that any account abandoned or is dormant for a period of
years, is deemed closed and all money contained therein forfeited to the
government treasury account.
Now, it is being speculated that the above sum will be
transferred into the government account as an unclaimed fund on or
before the end of this first financial quarter of 2005, when nobody come
forward to lay claims. The reason for requesting you to
present yourself as next of kin, is occasioned by, the fact that the
deceased (customer) was a foreigner, and we have
access to his detailed bio data which you will hold as a weapon to
present yourself as the next of kin.
The mode of sharing after a successful transfer of the money into your
account, shall be 70% to my colleagues and I, for the
role you will be expected to play in this deal, we have agreed to give
you 25% of the total sum and 5% for the expenses we are going to
encounter by the two parties in the course of this transaction. Therefore,
you are expected to reply this letter indicating your readiness and
interest to participate in this business. After receiving your reply, you
will be communicated to with the exact steps to take.
I expect your urgent response through my email address:petermat101@jumpy.it,And I shall
contact you for further discussion on this matter,to enable us conclude
this transaction urgently without any delay or hitch.
Please treat this business proposal as strictly
confidential for security reasons considering my official position in
NATWEST BANK PLC.
Personal Regards,
Mr.Peter Mattila.
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