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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: "valentine johnson" <val_jh2@gvconnects.com>
Reply-To: val_jh78@yahoo.it
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 04:51:55 -0400
Subject: PROPOSAL
Confidential and urgent From Mr. Valentine Johnson:
Dear Sir/Madam,
URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL.
Please do not be offended if I have invaded your privacy. I am Mr.
Valentine Johnson an accounts officer with the Bank of scotland, London
branch, I am contacting you on a business transaction involving a huge
sum of money from a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction
of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive, but I am assuring you
that all will be well at the end of the day. I decided to contact you
due to the urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION.
I was the accounts officer to Mr. Selah Adams (deceased) one of our
foreign customers. While he banked with us, I oversaw his accounts and
other official/financial obligations as my office demanded being his
accounts officer, unfortunately, he died along with his entire family
in
the plane crash of 31 October, 1999 on board the Egyptian Airline 990
alongside other passengers. While he was alive, none of his family
members was ever known to me other than his immediate nuclear family.
Since his death, no next-of-kin or surviving relation has contacted the
bank, and none of them have been traced either. I 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 regulations.
Having made a very franatic and exhaustive search for any family member
that would lay claim to this fund, I have decided to take my chance
with
you. I now seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin to the
deceased as I have all original documentations including his certified
Death Certificate that will facilitate your stand as next of kin to him
as he had a closing balance of £5,500,000.00 pounds (Five million, Five
hundred thousand Pounds Sterling) here in our bank in London. I also
have secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any member
of the deceased family member to become beneficiary of this fund, In
return for your service and assistance you will be entitled to 25% of
this money, 5% will be used to settle all expenses incured during the
process of this transaction, the balance 70% will go to us. Please
acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of this business
proposition by furnishing me with the following via E-mail:
1. Your full Names
2. Your complete mailing address
3. Your private Telephone and fax numbers
4. Your private email address
These process will enable us make the neccessary re-adjustment and
effect the change of beneficiary within the bank making you the next of
kin, this before now was left blank by the deceased upon opening of the
account six years ago. Upon your reply to this email, I will give you
more information. I am also assuring you that this transaction is 100%
risk free on your part and it is a project that has been carefully and
logically worked out for a successful execution. I solicit your
interest
and trust in this proposal as I await your response.
Regards,
Mr. Valentine Johnson
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