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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: william botwick <williambotwick_20@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 12:23:59 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED.
Attn:Sir,
I have picked-up the trust and courage to write you this Letter with divine confidence that you are a reliable person that will be capable for this important business transaction believing also that you will never let me down either now or in future. It is with warm regards that I contact you base on goodwill and hoping that as you receive this letter, it will serve to open up a financial beneficial partnership. I humbly introduced myself as Mr.William Botwick, Account Officer of First National Bank of South Africa-Durban Branch. I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.
We stumble into an account that has being dormant for the past years with an account balance of US$26M. I have sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, I sent a reminder and finally discovered from his contract employers, the South Africa Mining Corporation that Mr. Richard Moss (the account holder) died on the 25th of July 2000 in the Air France concord plane (AF4590) crash bound for New York in their plan for a world cruise(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm)
and he died without making a WILL, all attempt has being made to track the next of kin without any success.
After my investigation, I discover that the deceased did not declare any next of kin or relation in the entire official bank documents signed during the opening of account. Although I know that a transaction of this magnitude might make anyone apprehensive, I would like to assure you that we are sending you this mail with the best of intensions.
This sum of USD$26.000 000 00 is still sitting in my bank. And our banking rules and regulation stipulate that any account that have being dormant for the period of 5 years is subject to be closed-down and all the money therein will be transferred to Government treasury as unclaimed bills. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr. Richard Moss, Upon your acceptance to participate on this transaction, we shall employ the services of an Attorney for processing and notarisation of the documents and letter of PROBATE/ADMINSTRATION in your favour for the transfer.
Be it known that this transaction is legitimate and will never expose you to any danger during and after the transfer because all the procedures will be legally processed and will align with international monetary rules and regulations. The modalities will be discussed upon your acceptance. I will implore you contact me on this private and secured e-mail address w_illiambotwick@yahoo.co.uk and call me on my private cell phone:+27 83-717-4569 immedaitely you receive this message for more clarification.
Thanks,
Best Regards,
William Botwick.
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