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Fraud email example:
From: "DAVID WILLIAMS" <davidwilly_15@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 12:36:38 +0000
Subject: very urgent
snDear Friend,I am Prof. David william the deputy governor of the citi bank of united kingdom here in london . In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of Uk#25 million pounds in an account that belonging to one of our foreign customer Mr.steve wansor from America .Who died along with his entire family on Monday,31 July, 2000 in a plane crash in paris.Please visit this site that is one of the evidence the directors brought in other to swallow the money at the end of the day, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm" Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking laws but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill. The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after fours years, the money will be transfered into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. I agree that 40% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision of a foriegn account and 60% would be for me Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to your designated bank account ,you must apply first to the bank as a relation or next of kin of the deceased with a text of application that i will send to you,so i will like you to send to me your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location wherein the money will be remitted. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send you an email the text of the application . I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer. You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter. Trusting to hear from you immediately. Regards, Yours Faithfully, Prof. David williams. Email:representative_hong333@yahoo.com
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