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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: "MIKE FALCONE" <mikefalcone@bubble.fi>
Reply-To: mikefalcone_2001@yahoo.de
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 04:15:37 +0300
Subject: act asap
Dear Sir /Ma,
First, I'm soliciting your utmost confidenciality in this Transaction.
I am mike falcone, Deposit Accrediting Officer of a Security company in
Lagos Nigeria. I came to you in my private search for a reliable person
to handle this confidential transaction, which involves huge sum of
money to your country.
The Proposition: A foreigner an American, late Morris Thompson who died
on January 31 aboard Alaska Airlines Flight 261, which crashed into the
Pacific Ocean not far from Los Angeles, while returning from his
country from a business trip. He deposited with us at our security
company a
consignment and the content of the consignment is worth US$11Million,
having heard of the tragic incident involving late Morris Thompson the
security company now expects a next of kin as beneficiary. Valuable
efforts have been made by the security company?s management to get in
touch with any of his family's but I personally found out that he died
with
his wife and daughter that is known to us.
The only name of next of kin given to us by late Morris Thompson
unfortunately was with Him in the same flight that crashed, and this is
unknown to the security company?s management. I'm taking this advantage
in
order to better my life and that of my family, I now decided to seek
your permission to have you stand as next of kin to late Morris
Thompson,
so that the consignment containing the money be released to you as the
next of kin.
All documents and proves to enable you get this fund will be carefully
worked out, by the lawyer that will be employ to work on your behalf .
You can take time and verify from the website as shown herein
forconfirmation of the crash,
<http://edition.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/>
I am assuring you that this transaction and its procedures is 100%
legal and risk free involvement. Your share stays while the rest will
be
for myself. The sharing of the fund between the two of us will be as
follows: 30% of the total sum will go to you for your effort and
commitment
to the success of this transaction. 70% will be for us here. As soon as
I receive an acknowledgement of the receipt of this message in
Acceptance, I will immediately start up with the process. If this
proposal is
acceptable by you, kindly reply me immediately you get this mail.
I want you to also furnish me with the following:
1)Your full names
2)Your contact address
3)Your telephone/fax numbers
I will have to apply for the release of the consignment in your favour
as the next of kin.
Finally, note that the security company officers/management does not
know the contents of the consignment but as the Deposit Accrediting
Officer of a Security company, I happened to have the privilege of
knowing the content of the consignment, Late Morris Thompson declared
the
content of the consignment to be his personal effects.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation and I shall give
you more details on what we are to do to claim the consignment without
any hitch.
Yours faithfully,
Dr, Mike Falcone,
NB: Please send reply via my alternative email mikefalcone_2001@yahoo.de
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