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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 cooklin" <paulcooklin10@handbag.com>
Reply-To: paulcooklin500@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 05:43:04 -0700
Subject: HELLO
From: MR Paul Cooklin.
Bills & Exchange Department
Irish Nationwide Building Society
Bankcentre,
Ballsbridge,
Dublin 4, Ireland
PRIVATE AND URGENT
I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer
of a huge sum of money from a deceased customer's
account who On the 25th of July 2000, the deceased,
German property magnate Andreas Schranner, 64, his
wife Maria, 62, their daughter Andrea Eich, 38, her
husband Christian, 57, and their children Katharina,
eight, and Maximilian, 10, all perished in the jet.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Although I know that a transaction of this magnitude
might make anyone apprehensive, I would like to assure
you that we are sending you this mail with the best of
intensions.
YOUR POSITION NEEDED;
Since then we have been trying to get this funds out
of the bank, the sum of US$28,000,000.00 (Twety eight
Million United States Dollars) in an account that
belongs to our foreign customers who died along with
his entire family in the above accident stated above.
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations
has come forward to lay claims to this money as the
heir. 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, we 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 us for
the funds (US$28,000,000.00) to be released in your
favor as the beneficiary's next of kin. It may
interest you to know that we have secured from the
probate court, an order of mandamus to locate any of
the deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge receipt
of this message in acceptance of our mutual business
endeavor by furnishing me with the following;
1. Your Full Names and Address.
2. Direct Telephone and Fax numbers.
These requirements will enable us file a letter of
claim to the appropriate departments for necessary
approvals in your favor before the transfer can be
made. We shall be compensating you with 1.5 Million
Dollars on final conclusion of this project, while the
rest shall be for us. Your share stays with you while
the rest shall be for us for investment purposes in
your country. If this proposal is acceptable by you,
do not take undue advantage of the trust we have
bestowed in you, I await your urgent response to this
email: paulcooklin500@yahoo.com
Regards,
Mr. Paul Cooklin
___________________________________________________________
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