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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: "wilson williams" <ww_m12@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:35:32 +0000
Subject: Is urgent
Hello Dear,
I know you will be surprised to read from me because you do not know me. My
name is Wilson Williams, I am an accounting officer of a bank name withheld
for security reason, and I work in the Treasury Department of the bank.
I am contacting you because of the urgent need for me and you to cooperate
and execute a business that will be of mutual benefit to both of us if we
are sincere and both honest to each other. There is an account which has
remained dormant for the past five years in my department and on
investigation, I discovered that it belongs to one of our foreign customers
who is said to have died in a plane crash along the west coast of Abidjan
shortly after take off. The man was said to be traveling with his entire
family at the time of the crash. That is why it has been very difficult for
any of the relatives to come forward as next of kin and make claims to this
deposit fund which as at the beginning of this year stood at ten million,
four hundred thousand US dollars (10.4m USD).
I have worked in this bank for the past twelve years and I know what could
happen to this money if no one comes forward and make claims to this money.
The directors may decide to declare it as unclaimed deposit and share it
among the top shareholders of the bank.
I have all the confidential information to this account and I am prepared to
enter into business with you. I want you to apply to my bank and make claim
as the next of kin of this man with the account and some information’s which
I will supply you, as soon the bank approved this money to you, it will be
transferred into your account and we share it between us.
I have to be at the background supplying you all the confidential
information’s with which you will apply to the bank and you will not have to
make any reference to me at any time of this transaction.
The information’s I will supply you with are:
The name of the customer
The account number
The current balance and Bank branch, where the deceased had the account.
These are the confidential information that will convince any body here that
you are truly the next of kin and your request will surely be granted.
You must have to be very straightforward with me, because my share will be
in your hand pending when I am able to travel and meet with you or I give
you account information where you will pay in my share. Please kindly send
me your phone and fax numbers including your full names and address so that
I can call you and explain more in details how we can go about it. Send your
reply through my private email address: ww_m5@katamail.com
Thank you very much,
yours sincerely,
Wilson Williams
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