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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: "philip gezi" <philip_gezi2@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 12:06:39 +0200
Subject: FROM:MR PHILIP GEZI
FROM:MR PHILIP GEZI.
Email:philip_gezi2@hotmail.com
ATTN: The Director/CEO.
BILLS AND EXCHANGE, FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT. ABSA BANK. I Am MR PHILIP GEZI
, the Manager of bills/exchange at the foreign remittance department of Absa
Bank Limited, South Africa. I have decided to contact you through this
medium based on a business proposal, which will be of mutual benefit to both
of us.
However, be informed that I discovered your company/person through your
country's directory. During a usual bank auditing, we discovered an
abandoned sum of US$ 20,600 000:00 ( TWENTY MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND US
DOLLARS ONLY) in an account that belong to one of our foreign customers (MR
ANDREAS GREG) who died along with his entire family on November 1999 in a
ghastly car accident. 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 some body apply for it as next of kin or relation
to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. Unfortunately, no
body 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. If you indicate interest in this affairs, our attorney shall prepare
some documents which we shall send to you and your name shall be
incorporated as a beneficiary of this fund (NEXT OF KIN MR ANDREAS GREG'S)
file We want you to present your self as the next of kin or relation of the
deceased with documents we shall give to you, so that we can release the
fund into your account for safety and subsequent disbursement since no body
is coming for it.
Then again, we do not want the money to go into the government account as
unclaimed bill. The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that any
account abandoned or dormant for a period of years is deemed closed and all
money contained therein would be 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 June 2005. The
reason for requesting you to present your self as next of kin is occasioned
by the fact that the deceased (customer) was a foreigner.
The mode of sharing after successful transfer of the money into your
nominated account will be: 75% for me and my colleagues and 25% will be
given to you for the role you will be expected to play in the whole
exercise. If this proposal matches with your inward intention for success
and greatness, then you are urged to make a quick response indicating your
readiness and interest to participate in the business.
I expect your urgent response through this e-mail address or please send me
your private telephone and fax numbers to enable us conclude this
transaction soon enough. Please treat this business proposal as strictly
confidential for our mutual long-term benefit.
Hoping to hear from you very soon.
Best Regards
MR PHILIP GEZI
_________________________________________________________________
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