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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: "barriester williams cole" <barrwilliamscole@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barrwilliam_cole@sify.com
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 12:24:08 -0500
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED
FROM THE DESK OF MR BARR WILLIAMS COLE
I am writing to seek your cooperation on this issue. I am barr williams cole,a staff of Natwest Bank London. I am writing following an oppurtunity in my office that will be of imense benefit to both of us.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of 18,million British Pounds Sterling (Eigtheen million British Pounds) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers ,Late Mr.Christian Mcgeean American who unfortunately lost his life in the 7 July 2005 London Bomb Blast, including his wife and only daughter.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin or relatves to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased asindicated in our banking guidelines.
Unfortunately I learnt that his supposed next of kin being his only daughter died along with him in the plane crash leaving nobody with the knowledge of this fund behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I and two other officials in this department now decided to make business with you and release the money to you as the next of kin or beneficiary of the funds for safety keeping and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we dont want this money to go back into Government treasury as unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that such money remained after one years the money will be transferred into banking treasury as unclaimed funds.
We agreed that 35% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, while the balance will be for me and my colleagues. I will visit your country for the disbursement according to the percentages indicated above once this money gets into your account. Please be honest to me and trust is our watchword in this transaction.
Note this transaction is confidential and risk free. As soon as you receive this mail you should contact me by return mail.
Please note that all necessary arrangement for the smooth release of
these funds to you has been finalised. We will discuss much in details
when I do receive your response.
Please in your response include your telephone number for easy
communication between us.
Best regards
Barr Williams Cole.
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