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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: "Mulan Qin" <qinmulan444@handbag.com>
Reply-To: qinmulan444@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 23:06:07 +0100
Subject: Reply...ASAP
Mr.Mulan Qin
For Your Kind Attention,
INVESTMENT/PARTNERSHIP RELATIONSHIP.
First, I must insist on your confidence in this transaction. I am making
this contact with you based on reliable information available to us courtesy
of Internet business index and confirmed by our local chambers of commerce
and industry concerning your reputation.
Thus we are convinced you would be capable to provide us with a solution
to a money transfer transaction of US$410,400,000.00(Four Hundred and Ten
Million, Four Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).
Toward the end of my service with Bank of China where I worked for many years,
several of my colleagues and I set up companies with which we successfully
secured loans for speculation in Hong Kong and Singapore stocks and real
estate. We did this because it had dawned on us that we were paid barely
enough to feed our families while top government officials control billions
of dollars.
The bank along with regulatory authorities from China and Hong Kong started
an investigation into the losses of money and as a result a few of my colleagues
and I went into hiding and have settled ourselves and our families. Due to
our positions as being involved with the initial investigation, we cannot
receive this money by ourselves or in our names at this time. Furthermore
we have decided to remove this money and divide it accordingly because the
investigation has died down and we cannot leave the money unattended for
much longer for fear that it might be discovered.
I hereby solicit your assistance to help take delivery of my own share of
the funds totaling (US$61,000,000.00) into your custody, and you will be
adequately compensated with 20% of the entire sum. It is our intention therefore
having your understanding and co-operation that you invest 50% of these funds
in the United States and Europe in commercial real estate as well as low
risk stocks and bonds on our behalf for a few years while 25% will cater
for investment in your technologies. 5% would before all local and foreign
expenses incurred in facilitating the transfer of this funds.
Our projection is to conclude transfer of funds latest 14 working days from
date of receipt of the following information
Your full name and address, your telephone and fax numbers and a brief profile
of yourself to assure us of your capability and compatibility. Presently
the funds are invested in financial instruments both the Singapore and Hong
Kong markets through top world class fund managers, with the fund managers
sitting as nominees for the funds. As soon as we tidy up preliminaries with
you, we would arrange for the transfer of beneficiary title to you, at which
point we shall be guided by our mutually agreed procedures.
Please note that we would require a measure of guarantee prior to commencement,
as we are hoping to build our trust on sincerity of purpose and mutual understanding.
Please also do not under estimate the need for total confidentiality throughout
the course of this transaction. You may use these links for some information:
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_05/b3768065.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2115792.stm
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/index.jsp?section=papers&code=02-C_
01 http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200208/25/eng20020825_102035.shtml http://www.chinaonline.com/caijing/C02050731.asp
Please contact me immediately you receive this mail, signifying your capability
and willingness, to enable me give you additional details on our proposed
course of action for getting these funds to you 100% risk-free. Again we
look forward to doing business with you and solicit your utmost confidentiality
in this transaction.
Yours faithfully,
MR. M. Qin
___________________________________________________________
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