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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: "HARRY YERYER" <dr_harry2005@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: harryyer977@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:22:01 +0100
Subject: Very Urgent
Dear,
First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue
of it's nature as being utterly confidential and top secret.
Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that this is real and
genuine.
I am Mr Harry Yergey the Bank Manager Corporate Relationship Management
Commerzbank AG 60, Gracechurch Street London GB - London - EC3V 0HRI came to
know you in my private search for a reliable and reputable person to handle
this Confidential Transaction,which involves the transfer of a huge sum of
money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence.
MY PROPOSITION;
During my audit exercise last month i discovered an abandoned sum of
us$20,320,000.00 (twenty million three hundred and twenty tousand great
British pounds sterling ) in an account that
belongs to one of our late customers a German estate tycoon (Andreas
Schranner ) who died along with his wife and entire family on 25th July,
2000,Air France Concorde flight 4590 plane crash.
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to
lay claims for this money as the heir. Commerzbank AG cannot release the
fund from his account unless someone applies for claimas the next-of-kin to
the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines, unfortunately, no
family member nor relative has ever appeared to claim the said fund.
Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you stand as next of
kin to the deceased so that the fund £20,320,000.00 (twenty million three
hundred and twenty thousand great British pounds sterling ) can be released
and paid into your accountas the beneficiary's next of kin otherwise the
fund will be returned to treasury as unclaimed funds and will be
subsequently conficicated by the British Government at the expiration of
five year duration which will terminate on 31st Dec. 2005 All documentsto
enable you receive this funds will be carefully worked out.
Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of my mutual
business endeavour by
furnishing me with the following;
1. Your name and address
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers
These requirements will enable us file letters of claim to the appropriate
departments for necessary
approvals in your favour before the transfer can be made. I have agreed that
our ratio of sharing will be as stated thus:
On final conclusion of this project, 60% of this shall be for me, while 35%
shall be for you and the
remaining 5% shall be used to compensate either party for any expenses
incurred. Your share 35% stays while, my 60% share shall be used for
investment purposes in your country. For your confirmations,you can visit
this website for more info
Http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the
trust I have bestowed in you, MY EMAILS; drharry197@yahoo.co.uk
I await your sincere cooperation and reply
Best Regards,
Harry Yergey
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