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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: "DAVID RICHARD BLAIR" <drichards@mscold.com>
Reply-To: drichards@box.az
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 17:03:46 -0500
Subject: SV:FW:DORMANT VAULT
Dear Friend,
May the good tides of the lord be with you? My name is David Richard, I
Worked in a bank here in the United Kingdom. (UK)I am contacting you for
a business transaction, of a huge sum of money from A deceased client
Of mine. 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 of, and all will be well at the end of the day. I
Decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.
FACT:
I was the account officer of a foreigner named Gerald Welsh who died in
An air crash along with his wife on The 31st October 1999 in an
Egyptian airline 990 with other passengers on board. You can confirm
This from The website below which was published by CNN.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/world/americas/502503.stm
Since his death, none of his can lay claims to his estate
As his heir, since none of them are alive, because they all died in the same accident
Himself and is wife (May their soul rest in peace). We could not
Release the funds from his account unless someone applied for claim as
The next-of-kin/beneficiary to the deceased: After five years the fund was called back to the bank treasury as unclaimed bill and The money shared amongst the directors ofthe bank, which has already been done by the directors mid last year
At that period he had $14,210,045m (Fourteen million two hundred and ten thousand dollars) in his
Account.
PROPOSITION;
Due to the relationship between I and the deceased (Gerald Welsh) he told
Me of a diamond business which he had to do and left me in care of the
\"CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT\" which he used to lodge some funds in a
Security firm which is to the tune of $8.4m (eight million four
Hundred thousand dollars).
Note: that I decided to seek for whom his/her name shall be used as the
Next of kin/beneficiary to claim the funds at the security firm
Rather than allow the funds to lay unclaimed. It may interest you to
Know that I have secured from the probate a WRIT OF MANDAMUS to
Locate any of the deceased beneficiaries again; no one was found.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
Business endeavor by furnishing me with the following information if you are interested.
1. Full name in order for me to prepare the Document in your name.
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers for our Personal Contact and mutual
Trust in each other.
I shall be compensating you with 20% percent of the Whole funds on
Final conclusion of this project for your assistance, while the balance
Shall be for me for investment purposes. Because I just retired. If this
Proposal is Acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact me
Immediately. Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed on
You. I await your urgent mail.
Stay blessed,
Regards,
David Richard.
RE:
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