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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: "JOHN kELLY" <johnkelly44@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jkeljnr@yahoo.com.au
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:38:56 +0000
Subject: TRUSTEE
John Kelly
Please refer your acceptance mail through: jkeljnr@yahoo.com.au
Dear Sir/Ma,
PRIVATE AND URGENT.
I am contacting you on business transfer of a hugh 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 sure that you are
experienced in handling this sums. We decided to contact you due to the
urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION;
We discovered an abandoned sum of US$29,500,000.00 (Twenty-Nine million
Five Hundred united states dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our
foreign customers who paid in these funds into our bank as depository for an
investment program he was involved. She was at our bank five(5) months ago
at the beginning of this investment program, but unfortunately she died
through circumstantial reasons. The details of the investment program states
that she and she only is in
control of the funds and it was invested out of her corporate estate. Her
family records are not stated in our bank records and in her investment
program contracts. Thus her family are not aware. Again she is a widow.
The rules in our bank here in South Africa puts the money under current
Bank Assets as soon as they do not get communication from the accounts owner
within a stipulated period agreed during the clients accounts opening. In
the case of this customer, he is meant to send banking instructions every
three months. She died one month ago and I got to know from my sources, and
her Obituary
has also stated in the link below:
http://www.herald-journal.com/obits/2004/barnes0104.html
She has been buried and I know no one knows about these funds. Since
her 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$29,500,000.00) to be released in your favour 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 endeavour by furnishing me with the following;
1. Beneficiary name and address
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers
These requirements will enable us file letter of
claim to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your
favour before the transfer can be made. We look forward to your suggestions
and sharing formula. Your share stays while the rest shall be for us for
investment purposes. If this proposal is acceptable
by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed in
you, I await your urgent mail.
Regards,
Mr. John Kelly.
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