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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: "perdesen Charles" <perdesen_c@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: perdesen2004@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 08:57:26 +0000
Subject: IMPORTANT NOTICE
MR.Mr Charles Perdesen241 The Hornbeams, LondonIMPERATIVE AND PRIVATEI am contacting you on 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
all will be well at the end of the day.We decided to contact you due to the urgency of this
transaction. PROPOSITION; we discovered an abandoned
sum of US$7,500,000.00 (Seven Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars) in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along
with his entire family. Since his death, none of his
next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay
claims for this money as the heir.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, 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 for
the funds (US$7,500,000.00) to be released in your
favor as the beneficiary's next of kin. It may
interest you to know that we have secured from the
probate an order of madamus to locate any of deceased
beneficiaries. Please acknowledge receipt of this
message in acceptance of our mutual business
endeavor by furnishing me with the following;1. Your name and address2. Direct Telephone and fax numbersThese requirements will enable us file letter of claim
to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals
in your favor before the transfer can
be made. We shall be compensating you with a million
dollars on final conclusion of this project, while the
rest shall be for us. If this proposal is acceptable
by you, please response immediately,I await your urgent response.Regards,Mr.Charles Perdesen
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