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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: "Amin Khan" <kamin@flashmail.com>
Reply-To: khnamin@katamail.com
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 06:23:42 -1200
Subject: ENQUIRY FROM KHAN
Dear Friend,
My name is Amin Khan, I am a senior banker in a bank here in
the United Kingdom.
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 documents
that will bring about the success of this transation would
be provided,and all will be well at the end of the day. I
decided to contact you due to the urgency of this
transaction.
The deceased person who died Mr.Gerald Welsh died in an air
crash along with his wife on the 31st October 1999 in an
Egyptian airline 990 with other passengers on board was an
American Oil consultant/contractor with the Chinese Solid
Minerals Corporation.You can confirm his death from the
website below which was published by BBC WORLD NEWS.
WEBSITE.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin are alive to make
claims for this money as his heir, because they all died in
the same accident himself and his wife(May their 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 to make you the
beneficiary to the funds #4,300 000 00 GBP (Four million
three hundred thousand Great british pounds sterling)which
will be released in your favor as the next of kin.
Because after six 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,Full names
2,Direct Telephone and fax numbers
For our personal contact and mutual trust in each
other.
I shall be compensating you with 35% of the above
amount on final conclusion of this project for your
assistance, while we will keep aside 5% for expenses that
may occure in the process of this transaction from both
parties,which will be refunded at the end of the
transaction,the balance 60% shall be for me for investment
purposes, because I intend to retire after the conclusion of
this transaction and relocate to your country of residence.
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, I await your urgent mail to my
personal email address:(khnamin@katamail.com)
Regards,
Mr.Amin Khan
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