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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: "Mr CHEUNG PUI" <puicheung120@tiscali.dk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: pui_cheung120@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 02:48:14 -0700
Subject: PAY ATTENTION TO THIS FAST.
FROM:MR. CHEUNG PUI
Hang Seng Bank Ltd
Sai Wan Ho Branch
171 Shaukiwan Road
Hong Kong.
Dear Sir/Madam
I am Mr. Cheung Pui credit officer of the Hang Seng
Bank Ltd,Sai Wan Ho Branch. I have a obscured business
suggestion for you.
Before the U.S and Iraqi war our client General
Ibrahim Moussa who (in this case I am his accounting
officer) was with the Iraqi forces and also
businessman made a numbered fixed deposit for 18
calendar months and advised that after the maturity,
that the money should be transfered to our affiliate
branch in Europe. Now, the total value of the money is
Twenty Four millions Five Hundred Thousand United
State Dollars only and the money is in our affiliate
branch in Europe. Upon maturity several notice was
sent to him, even during the war early last year.
Again after the war another notification was sent and
still no response came from him. I as his accounting
officer(as all correspondence to him is passed through
me) later found out that the General and his family
had been killed during the war in a bomb blast that
hit their home.
After further investigation, I discovered that
General Ibrahim Moussa did not declare any next of kin
in his official papers including the paper work of his
bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last time
he was at my office that no one except me knew of his
deposit in my bank. So, Twenty Four millions Five
Hundred Thousand United State Dollars is still lying
in my bank's Affiliate Branch in Europe,and no one
will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me
most is that according to the laws of Europe, as it
concerns their banking rules, at the expiration 3
years the funds will be reverted to our Bank in Hong
Kong an this in turn will be reverted to the
ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody
applies to claim the funds.
Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I
will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of
kin to General Ibrahim Moussa so that you will be able
to receive his funds.
WHAT IS TO BE DONE:
I want you to know that I have had everything planned
out (as the accounts officer to General Ibrahim
Moussa) so that we shall come out successful. I have
contacted an attorney that will prepare the necessary
document that will back you up as the next of kin to
General Ibrahim Moussa , all that is required from you
at this stage is for you to provide me with your Full
Names and Address so that the attorney can commence his job.
After you have been made the next of kin, the attorney
will also file in for claims on your behalf and secure
the necessary approval and letter of probate in your
favor for the move of the funds to an account that
will be provided by you. This in turn I will send to
the Affiliate Bank in Europe.
There is no risk involved at all in the matter as we
are going to adopt a legalized method and the attorney
will prepare all the necessary documents. Please
endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters
concerning this issue. Once the funds have been
transferred to your nominated bank account we shall
share in the ratio of 70% for me, 30% for you . Should you be
interested please send me your full names and current
residential address and I will prefer you to reach me
on this email address : (pui_cheung120@yahoo.com.hk)and
finally after that i shall provide you with more
details of this transaction.
Your earliest response to this letter will be
appreciated.
Kind Regards
Mr. Cheung Pui
Email- pui_cheung@yahoo.com.hk
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