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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: "DAVID LANCE" <david_lance1@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 00:19:14 +0000
Subject: access
Hello friend,
I am a fiduciary agent based in the United Kingdom which a large clientele
base. We had a foreign client who we helped through our company in
depositing the sum of Ten million Great British Pounds (£ 10,000,000.00)
this client of ours is now deceased but since then we have not had any body
coming for the claims as the next of kin, a situation I have monitored
closely with my position in the company.
This account has been dormant since 1999 and the treasury department of this
bank has been changing custodian of the account for the last seven (7)
years, without a claimant, having monitored this deposit and managed it over
the years before his death, and all effort to trace any of his next of kin
or relatives has proved abortive hence I seek your consent to present you as
the next of kin to the deceased, so that we can make claim to this account.
At this stage, I need a very reliable confidential and responsible business
minded person who would assist me in the claims of these funds without it
reverting to the authority; I know you might become apprehensive and worried
about how this will be possible.
I will need your response, in order to give you detailed facts and figures
to this account. I have been able to contact you; based on in formations I
retrieved gather from the last name search database on the web and I will be
most willing to go into partnership with you to see this project completed
in earnest. I assure you there would be no risk to your name or personality.
I can't disclose exclusive data at this stage because I really have to be
very sure of the person I intend dealing with first before giving out such
vital information concerning the above.
Do kindly send your reply with your full names and contact details for
verification purposes; upon this, I will be able to send you more detail
regarding this transaction. If I don’t hear from you in the next few days I
would assume you are not interested but please if you are do indicate so
that I can stop all further contacts.
NOTE: I know there may be scams and junk mails flying here and there on the
Internet but certainly, this is not one. Please do not fail to understand
that in spite of all that, opportunities of this kind still abound. If you
have ever wished or prayed for something good to come your way, now I urge
you to take this message seriously and with an open mind. You could never
know. This may be an answer to your prayers.
So please give it a benefit of doubt and with good faith and trust join me
and I am assuring you now that you will never be disappointed. Please reply
urgently for further details.
I look forward to an excellent business relationship with you
Regards,
David Lance
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