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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: "Douglas Biyasiri" <dbiyasiri@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: douglas_biyasiri@box.az
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 05:19:08 -0700
Subject: ADVICE
GREETING,
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I GUESS MY LETTER WILL NOT
EMBARRASS YOU, SINCE I HAVE NO PREVIOUS CORRESPONDENCE
WITH YOU. I STRONGLY BELIEVED, I WOULD NOT REGRET
APPROACHING YOU IN THIS MATTER. I AM DOUGLAS BIYASIRI,
A SOLICITOR AT LAW AND THE PERSONAL ATTORNEY TO LATE
MR. SUNJI TAKA,AN ASIAN. LATE
MR.SUNJI TAKA WAS A PRIVATE OIL
CONSULTANT/CONTRACTOR WITH THE SHELL PETROLEUM
DEVELOPMENT IN SAUDI ARABIA, HEREIN AFTER SHALL BE
REFERRED TO AS MY CLIENT.
I HAVE AVERY URGENT AND MUTUAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
TO PROPOSE TO YOU. ON SUNDAY 26 DECEMBER 2004, AT
ABOUT 0100 GMT, AN 8.9 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE OCCURS ON
THE SEAFLOOR NEAR ACEH IN NORTHERN INDONESIA. THIS
EARTHQUAKE GENERATED A HUGE TSUNAMI WAVE, HITTING THE
COASTS OFINDONESIS, MALAYSIA, THAILAND, MYANMAR,
INDIA, SRI LANKA,MALDIVES AND EVEN SOMALIA.
UNFORTUNATELY,MY CLIENT AND HIS WIFE WITH THEIR THREE
CHILDREN LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE DEVASTATION CAUSED BY
THE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI THAT HIT MANY PART OF ASIA
AND EAST AFRICA.
SINCE THEN, I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ENQUIRIES WITH HIS
COUNTRY?EMBASSIES TO LOCATE ANY OF MY CLIENTS EXTENDED
RELATIVES, THIS HAS ALSO PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL. AFTER
THESE SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS, I DECIDED TO
PERSONALLY CONTACT YOU WITH THIS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP
PROPOSAL. I HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO ASSIST IN
REPATRIATING A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY LEFT BEHIND BY MY
CLIENT BEFORE THEY GET CONFISCATED OR DECLARED
UNSERVICEABLE BY THE FINANCE AND SECURITY COMPANY
WHERE THESE HUGE DEPOSIT WAS LODGED. THE DECEASED HAD
A DEPOSIT VALUED PRESENTLY AT
$12,000,000.00 MILLION US DOLLARS (TWELVE MILLION
UNITED STATE DOLLARS) AND COMPANY HAS ISSUED ME A
NOTICE TO PROVIDE HIS NEXT OF KIN OR BENEFICIARY BY
WILL OTHERWISE HAVE THE ACCOUNT CONFISCATED WITHIN THE
NEXT NINETY WORKING DAYS.
HAVING BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOCATING ANY OF MY LATE
CLIENT RELATIVES FOR ONE (1) MONTH NOW. I AM NOW
SEEKING YOUR CONSENT TO PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF
KIN/BENEFICIARY TO THE DECEASED SO THAT THE PROCEEDS
OF THIS ACCOUNT VALUED AT $ 12 MILLION UNITED STATES
DOLLARS CAN BE PAID TO YOU.IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE A
BLOOD RELATION TO LATE MR. SUNJI TAKA, NEITHER
IS IT NECESSARY TO BEAR THE SAME SURNAME WITH HIM. IT
IS EVEN NOT IMPORTANT FOR THE STAND-IN NEXT OF KIN TO
BE AN ASIAN.
ALREADY, I HAVE WORKED OUT MODALITIES FOR ACHIEVING MY
AIM OF APPOINTING A NEXT OF KIN AS WELL AS TRANSFER
THE MONEY ABROAD FOR US TO SHARE IN THE RATIO OF 70%
FOR ME AND 30% TO YOU. IT IS MY INTENTION TO ACHIEVE
THIS TRANSFER IN A LEGITIMATE WAY, ALL I REQUIRED IS
YOUR HONEST, CO-OPERATION,CONFIDENTIALITY AND TRUST TO
ENABLE US SEE THIS TRANSACTION THROUGH. THE MONEY
TRANSFER PAPER WORK ITSELF WILL INCLUDE A CERTIFICATE
OF ORIGIN SO THAT THE RECEIVING BANK DOES NOT ASK
QUESTION. ALSO THE PAPER WORK WILL INCLUDE PROPER
CERTIFICATE THAT THE FUND BEING TRANSFERRED IS FROM
NON-CRIMINAL SOURCES.
IN FACT THIS WILL BE A PROPER AND LEGAL MONEY
TRANSFER WITH APPARENTLY NO RISK INVOLVED. THE
TRANSACTION IS GUARANTEED TO SUCCEED WITHOUT ANY
PROBLEM. AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU, I SHALL PROVIDE
YOU WITH FURTHER CLARIFICATION THAT YOU MAY NEED.
AWAITING YOUR URGENT RESPONSE ON MY PRIVATE EMAIL
ADDRESS: douglas_biyasiri@box.az
BEST WISHES,
DOUGLAS BIYASIRI
___________________________________________________________
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