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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: "PAUL SMITH" <paulsmith@paulsmithconsultant.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 15:59:05 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend(Reply Asap)
FROM:PAUL SMITH
Email:psmiths@postmaster.co.uk
Attn:Dear Friend,
I am Barrister Paul Smith esq, and I 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 anyone apprehensive and worried, but
I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. I decided to
contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION:
I am the attorney to Dr. Mohan Gala (deceased) one of our foreign
client.while alive I oversees his estate and other official/financial
obligations as my office demanded being his attorney.Unfortunately, he died
along with his entire family in the plane crash of 31 October, 1999 on board
the Egyptian Airline 990 alonside other passengers. Please consult the
website below for verification. www.greatdreams.com/PassEAir990.htm.
While he was alive, none of his family members was ever known to me other
than his immediate nuclear family.Since his death, none of his next-of-kin
orrelations has come forward to lay claims to this
money as the heir. I cannot release the fund from his bank unless someone
applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our
banking guidelines.
Having made a very frantic and exhaustive search for any of his family
members for the claim of the fund proved abortive, I decided to take my
chance with you.I now seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin
to the deceased as I have all documentations including his certified Death
Certificate that will facilitate your stand as next of kin to him as he had
a closing balanced of 11,500,000.00 BPS(British Pounds Sterling) here in
London with a bank. I also have secured from the probate an order of
mandamus to locate any member of deceased family to become beneficiary of
this fund.
Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
business endeavour by furnishing me with the following:
1. Beneficiary name and address
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers
These requirements will enable me make some internal re-adjustments and file
your name in all the forms and other vital documents as next of kin which
before now was left blank by the deceased in all his files with me seven
years ago. Upon your reply, I will advice the way forward. I must assure you
that if you are serious and follow my instructions carefully, then this
funds will be released to you within a seven-working-day period.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the
trust I have bestowed in you, I await your urgent mail. You should urgently
contact me through this email address:psmiths@postmaster.co.uk
Regards,
Paul Smith esq.
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