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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: "SAMUEL TURAY" <samuel10turay@emailaccount.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: samuel10turay@yahoo.es
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 17:12:30 +0000
Subject: How are you today
LOOKING FOR A PARTNER
Firstly, not to cause you embarrassment, I am Samuel Turay,
I work with Barclays Bank, here in London Uk, I am public Relation Officer with the above institutsion I will like to inform you that one of our client by the name below ROBERT FITZPATRIC
who died in an air crash along with his wife on the 31st October 1999
in an Egyptian airline Boeing 990 with other passengers on board. You can
confirm this fact from the website which was aired by the BBC WORLD
NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm
Since his death, none of his relations or persons have come forward to
lay claims to his this funds as next-of-kin, and on my own I have made
concerted effort to locate any of his relatives but all prove abortive,
which makes me to believe that maybe nobody of his knows that he was
operating this foreign account with Barclays Banks here in London. Based on the ethics and policies of Barclays Bank,
these funds will be declared unclaimed funds and taken to the treasury
of the bank as capital base of the Bank, because already the account has
been tagged dormant because it has exceeded the normal functional number of years.
Inspite of the above please do bear in mind that l have made several
enquiries with his country's embassies to locate any of my clients
extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these
several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you with this business
partnership proposal. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating a
huge amount of money left behind by this client before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Barclays Bank where this
huge deposit was lodged.
The deceased had a deposit valued presently at $8.2million (EIGHT
Million, Two Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) and the Bank
has issued me a notice to provide his next of kin or Beneficiary by Will
otherwise have the account confiscated within the next sixty official
working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives
for over 3years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin
/ Will Beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account
valued at $8.2 Million US dollars can be paid to you. This will be
disbursed or shared in these percentages, 50% to me and 44% to you.and 5% for any expenses incured during the transfer
I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any
claim we may make. All I require is your honest Co-operation,
Confidentiality and Trust to enable us see this transaction through. I
guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law.
And please provide me the following: This is to enable me commence
immediate preparation of all legal documents that will back up our
claim.
1. Full Name:
2. Your Telephone Number and Fax Number
3. Your Contact Address.
Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated.
Best Regards,
Dr Samuel Johnson
LONDON UK
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