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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: "Ghali Korbena Esq." <gkorbena@mighty.co.za> (may be fake)
Reply-To: realtransaction@netscape.net
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 05:41:57 -0800
Subject: I WANT YOU TO WORK WITH ME
Dear Sir,
It was not by mistake that I contacted you because I
was left with no other option than this ,due to the
fact that I have exhausted all possible means to
locate any of my late clients relatives or next of kin
as no "will" was drawn before his untimely death and
the final deadline given by the bank is just few days
away.
My late client . once told me about how his family
from Ireland settled in USA where they scattered
during the second world war during which he travelled
to Kenya then as a young boy with his father from
where they later came to Uganda in the east Africa
before he finally came down to settle here in
Lome-Togo West Africa. As I earlier stated in my
previous mail that if nobody is presented to the bank
as next of kin to my late client who will be entitled
to the fund ($7.2m), the account will be frozen at the
expiration of the deadline given by the bank and the
board of directors will share the money amongst
themselves. I have worked for my client and deserve
this gift more than the idle bank executives and
directors.
Our closeness and the high level of confidence my late
client had on me, made him leave the deposit
certificate for the account with me. I am also in
posession of his death certificate which the hospital
authority issued to me when he was confirmed dead.
These documents makes it easy for us to claim this
fund without any hitch. Although you don't know My
late client, but since you both share the same surname
or closeness in name, I will use my legal experience
as a lawyer coupled with the fact that the bank knows
me as his attorney while he was alife to pass you as
his next of kin and compel the bank to transfer the
money to you as his kin and we will then share it.
The first and most important step to be taken by you
at this point is to send an application to the bank as
the next of kin to my client in order to demand for
the transfer of this fund to your bank account.
Professionally speaking, I guarantee the safety of
this transaction because my legal status in my society
will not allowfor any form of scandal bothering on
illegality. it will be executed under legitimate
arrangement that will protect you and I from any
breach of the law since I know the requirments of the
bank and how to go about it.All their requirements
will be provided from the documents of the deceased
that are in my custody.
As soon as I receive your reply, I will go to the bank
to secure a specimen of an application text designed
by the bank for this type of transaction and direct
you on how to complete the form and send directly to
the bank for commencement of the transfer procedure.
After receipt of the money in your account I will
visit you to discuss modalities for investing my share
which we will agree in due course.
Best regards,
Ghali Korbena Esq.
Tel:+228-903-72-44
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