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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: "Principal Manager Bank Of China London" <johnhunwang@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: association_jhunwang2005@graffiti.net
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 23:15:04 -0700
Subject: GOOD FAITH.
John Hun Wang,
Manager Branch,
Bank of China
West End Branch
London W1D.5DA
Dear Friend,
I am Mr.John Hun Wang, The Manager Foreign Exchange, West End Branch,Bank
of China, london. I am contacting you on business which would be of utmost
benefits to you and I, Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude
will make any one apprehensive and worried, but it is safe to do this
business with me.
During the recently concluded end of year Audit here at my Branch Office,I
made a sudden discovery in one an abandoned domicillary US dollars account
that the sum of US$15,500,000.00(fifteen million five hundred
thousand United States Dollars) has remained dormant in an account operated
by one of our foreign customers who upon an independent investigation by
our external solicitors Messrs: Harris & Hopkins were killed along with his
entire family in a recent Baghdad suicide bomb blast (for taking sides with
the iraqi insurgents against the American liberator force) Since his death,none
of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims for this money
as the heirs.
We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim
as the next-of-kin to the deceased as in compliance with our banking guidelines
here in Bank of China . Upon this discovery, we 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 us with the help from our external solicitors
who has equally agreed to come on board for the funds in the amount of US$15,500,000.00
to be released in your favour as the beneficiary's next of kin.
Be informed that this funds was consigned by the deceased in one of our
Bank of China correspondence private vault depository inside United State
and has since remained there.
Please acknowledge receipt of this message in anticipation of your acceptance
of our mutually beneficial business. Endeavour by sending me with the followings
1:Full Name
2:Beneficiary name and contact address
3:Direct Telephone(mobile phone inclusive) and Fax numbers
These requirements will enable us file letter of claim/ probates to the appropriate
departments for relevant transfer of the beneficiary status to you as nominee
beneficiary. We shall be compensating you with US$5,000,000:00(five Million
Dollars only) at the confirmation and final conclusion of this project, while
the rest shall be for us for investment purposes.
If this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly send a respond E-mail to me
through my E-mail address below,E-Mail:association_jhunwang2005@graffiti.net
Please note that time is of the essence in this transaction, while I await
your prompt response .
Regards,
Mr.John Hun Wang,
Pricinpal Manager.
Bank of China
West End Branch
105 Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 5DA
association_jhunwang2005@graffiti.net
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