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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: "Paul Green" <paul_green_21@chillimail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: paul_green_003@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:56:28 +0100
Subject: Hello
Goodday,
My name is PAUL GREEN, I am the credit manager in a bank
here in the 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 a foreigner named Gerald Welsh
who died in an air crash along with his wife in 31st October
1999 an Egyptian airline 990 with other passengers on board. you
can confirm this from the website below from published by
CNN.WEBSITE PUBLISHED ON CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin are alive to make
claims for this money as his heir, because they all died in the
same accident(May his soul rest in peace). We cannot release the
fund from his account unless someone applies for 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$9,000,000.00) to be released in your favour as the
beneficiary's next of kin.
It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an
order of mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries.
Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our
mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the following information
if you are interested.
1.A Beneficiary name?.In order for me to prepare the
document for transfer of the funds in your name.
2. 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 and drivers license
for more confidentiality and trust.
I shall be compensating you with three million dollars
($3Million dollars) on final conclusion of this project for your
assistance, while the balance $6million dollars shall be for me for
investment purposes. If this proposal is acceptable by you,
please endeavour to contact me immediately. Do not take
undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you.
I await your urgent mail to my alternative email address:
mailto:paul_green_003@yahoo.co.uk
Best Regards,
MR PAUL GREEN.
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