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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: "Brian Capon" <brian_capon@msn.com>
Reply-To: briancpn@yahoo.ie
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 04:25:55 +0000
Subject: CONTACT
FROM THE DESK OF:MR.BRIAN CAPON
NATIONAL WESTMINISTER BANK,
LONDON,
UNITED KINGDOM.
Dear Friend,
I am Mr.Brian Capon the system and control director at the NATIONAL
WESTMINISTER BANK.I am writing this letter to solicit for support and
assistance from you to carry out this business opportunity in my bank.
Lying in an inactive account is the sum of 11million pounds sterling
belonging to a foreign customer (Michael Gambone) who was a gas
consultant here in UK,who happens to be deceased during a business
trip. He died with his wife(Deborah Gambone) on board the Swissair
Flight 111 , which crashed into the Atlantic off Nova Scotia in
september 2nd 1998.
The news of this crash was on the news which we have notified his
relatives to no avail.
See links below for more detail informaion:
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9809/08/swissair.02/
Ever since he died the bank has been expecting his next of kin to come
and claim these fund. To this effect, we can not release the money
unless someone applies for it as next of kin, as indicated in our
banking guideline.
Unfortunately he has no family member in UK or Over-sea who are aware
of the existence of the money(as he was a gas consultant.
At this juncture i have decided to do business with
you.To this effect I solicit your assistance in applying as the next
of kin to the bank then the money will be released to you,as I do not
want
this money to go into the bank treasury as an unclaimed bill,because
the banking law and guideline stipulates that if such money(s) remains
unclaimed for a period of up to eight years(8yrs),the money will be
transferred into the banks treasury as an unclaimed bill.
My request for a foreigner as next of kin is occasioned by the fact
that the customer was a foreigner and a British cannot stand as next
of kin.
40% of the money will be your share as a foreign
partner and your assistance to actualise this business,5% for any
expenses incured. Thereafter i will visit your country with your help
once the money hits your account for disbursement according to the
percentage indicated.
To effect the immediate transfer of the fund to you as agreed,you must
apply first to the bank as the next of kin to the deceased,then we
will follow up all formalities for the transaction.
Upon receipt of your reply, i will send to you, the text of the
application you are to send to the bank,and further clearify you in
other issues as to affect this business.
Awaiting to hear from you urgently.
Best Regards
Mr.Brian Capon.
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