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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. Carlos Johnson" <mailcontact@mailcarlosjohnson.com>
Reply-To: carlosj@sify.com
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 18:00:49 +0000
Subject: NEXT OF KIN.
Mr. Carlos Johnson
Secured Email: carlosj@sify.com
Attention,
Dear Friend,
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
My name is Mr. Carlos Johnson; I am the bank manager in a bank here in the
West Africa. I am contacting you of a business transfer, of a huge sum of
money from a deceased account. 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 well taken care off, and all will be well at the
end of the day. I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this
transaction. To ease your apprehension, I got your contact from the Internet
Business good search. PROPOSITION; I am the account officer of a foreigner
named Smith Shaw who died in an automobile accident along with his wife on
the 2nd November 1994 in an automobile accident with other passengers on
board.
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin is alive to make claims for this
money as his heir, because they all died in the same accident (May his soul
rest in peace). 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, I 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 the bank director for the funds Fifteen Million
United States dollars (US$15,000,000.00) in a domiciliary account to be
released in your favour as the beneficiary's next of kin.
Because after four years the money will be called back to the bank treasury
as unclaimed bills and the money shared amongst the directors of the bank.
so it is on this note i decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as
the next of kin/beneficiary to this funds rather than allow the bank
directors to share this money amongst themselves at the end of the year. It
may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate 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 information if you are
interested.
1. A Beneficiary name. In order for me to prepare the PAPER WORK for
transfer of the funds in your name.
2. Details particulars of your contact address.
3. Direct Telephone and fax numbers;. For our personal contact.
I shall be compensating you with 40% of the total sum on final conclusion of
this project for your assistance, 60% shall be for me for investment
purposes in your country as i cannot bring back this cash to my country. If
this proposal is acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact me
immediately.
Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you by informing
you of this transaction from my bank, as I will advise you to kindly desist
from responding at all if you do NOT intend to render any assistance.
Endeavor to respond via my secured email address: carlosj@sify.com
Thanks and best regards,
Mr. Carlos Johnson
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