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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: "connor2000" <connor2000@omaninfo.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 07:58:42 +0100
Subject: Letter of intent
Mr.Mike Connor,
CHO HUNG BANK.(Head Office)
14 1-ka Namdaemun-ro Chung-ku
Seoul, Seoul 100-757
South Korea.
Branch: 1 Minister Court,
London, EC3R7AA
www.chohungbank.co.kr
connor2000@omaninfo.com
I am Mr. Mike Connor, credit officer of CHO HUNG BANK branch
in London. I have
an urgent and very confidential business proposition for
you.
On July 8, 2000, a British Oil consultant/contractor with
the South Korea Solid
Minerals corporation, Mr. Phillip Morris made a numbered
time (Fixed) Deposit
for twelve calendar months, valued at Twenty-eight Million,
Three Hundred
Thousand American Dollars only in my bank's Head Office in
South Korea.
Upon maturity,a routine notification was sent to his
forwarding address but got
no reply. After a month, a reminder was sent and finally the
bank discovered
from his contract employers, that Mr. Phillip Morris died
from an auto-mobile
accident.
The customer, Mr Phillip Morris, being a British National,
my branch here in
London was then given the task of tracing his next of kin or
relations to
secure the funds.
On further investigation, I found out that he died without
making a WILL,and all
attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that
Mr.Phillip Morris did
not declare any kin or relations in all his official
documents,including his
Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.This sum of Twenty-eight
Million, Three
Hundred Thousand American Dollars is still sitting in my
Bank and the interest
is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of
each year. No one
will ever come forward to claim it.
According to Laws of South Korea, at the expiration of
(five) years,the money
will revert to the ownership of the South Korea Government
if nobody applies to
claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a
foreigner to stand in as
the next of kin to Mr. Phillip Morris so that the fruits of
this old man's
labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt government
officials.
This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your
full names and
address so that I will engage the services of an attorney
based in South Korea
who will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits that
will put you in
place as the next of kin. We shall employ the services of an
attorney for
drafting and notarization of the WILL and to obtain the
necessary documents and
letter of probate/administration in your favor for the
transfer.
A bank account in any part of the world that you will
provide will then be used
facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the
beneficiary/next of kin.
The money will be paid into your account for us to share in
the ratio of 70% for
me and 25% for you and 5% for Expenses Incurred in the
course of the
transaction.
There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this
transaction will be done
by the attorney and with my position as the credit officer
guarantees the
successful execution of this transaction. If you are
interested, please reply
immediately to my email box.
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more
details that will help
you understand the transaction.
Please send me your confidential telephone and fax numbers
for easy
communication.
You should observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured
that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us because
I shall also
require your assistance to invest my share in your country.
Regards,
Mike Connor
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