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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: "martin Waghorn" <martinwj2@msn.com>
Reply-To: martin30tx1@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:38:30 +0000
Subject: hello
From: The Desk of Mr Martin J. Waghorn
Alpha Bank
66 Cannon St,
London, EC4N 6EP
Good day,
MUTUAL BUSINESS INITIATIVE AND CONSENT
After much consideration I decided to contact you. I am Mr. Martin J.
Waghorn from Australia posted to London to work as the Managing director of
Alpha Bank London.During a routine check on a dormant account I discovered a
dormant domiciliary account with the sum of $4, 450,000.00(Four million,
four hundred and fiftyThousand Dollars) belonging to a customer with the
name of Mr. Jeffery Rush. This amount has been deposited for about 9 years
without any known withdrawal.After proper investigation and records search
it became very clear that the real owner of these funds is Mr. Rahid Abdul a
member of the ousted regime of Saddam Hussein. I was able to get this fact
because most members of that ousted barbaric Regime deposited funds using
nonexistent names and invalid addresses in order not to be traced and the
same name was used to create the confiscated accounts with HSBC Brazil.
I am the only person here that has found out this fact and have decided to
get this funds transferred out of this bank. Turning these funds over to the
government is not advisable because I have lost a cousin in that war which
has lost its justification moreover it will still end up been used for the
same purpose (war). To me the best option is to transfer these funds to a
very safe account of a businessperson and this is just why I contacted you.
Please be very calm, as I know this letter might me very shocking but it is
just the fact and you do not need to worry for I will ensure its success. I
will want a situation where you provide a safe account so we can wire this
funds directly to the account.
What we need to do is to arrange/notarizes some documents to assume that Mr.
Jeffery Rush. (since he does not exist) is late and we make a claim to the
funds. With my position here I will ensure that everything works out to our
advantage. This should be kept to your self-alone
for you have just gotten a Lifetime opportunity. Please do not expose it to
a third party due to my position here.. After receipt of a satisfactory
response from you, I will send across to you full details and mode of
sharing.
Yours faithfully
Martin J. Waghorn
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