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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: "ROWLAND MOORE" <r_moore14@msn.com>
Reply-To: rowlandmoore@o2.pl
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 23:11:16 +0000
Subject: URGENT INHERITANCE CLAIM
FROM THE DESK OF ROWLAND MOORE
PRIVATE EMAIL:(rowlandmoore@o2.pl)
URGENT INHERITANCE CLAIM
GOOD DAY,
I KNOW THIS PROPOSAL WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE EXPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO
NOT KNOW THE WRITER, CONDSIDERING THE HUGE SUM OF MONEY INVOLVED WHICH COULD
MAKE ANY APPREHENSIVE. LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF TO YOU, I AM
ROWLAND MOORE, THE HEAD OF TELEX DEPARTMENT OF MY BANK,HERE AM PRESENTLY
WORKING. I SAW YOUR CONTACT DURING MY PRIVATE SEARCH AT THE INFORMATION
CENTRE HERE IN MY COUNTRY CHAMBER OF COMMENCE AND INDUSTRY AND I WANT TO
BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE VERY HONEST, COMMITTED AND CAPABLE OF ASSISTING IN
THIS BUSINESS VENTURE.FIRSTLY, LET ME EXPLAIN THE SOURCE OF THIS FUNDS AND
WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTED TO DO. A FORIGNER LATE MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER, OIL
MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR , UNTIL HIS DEATH, OVER THE PAST YEARS AGO, WAS A VICTIM
OF AN EGYPTIAN AIRLINE FLIGHT 990 PLANE CRASH. HERE IS DETAILS ABOUT THE
PLANE CRASH. (www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.h tml) THE
DECEASED, MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER, BANKED WITH US AND HAS A CLOSING BALANCE AS
A JULY 2000 WORTH $45M (FOURTY FIVE
MILLION USD). WHICH MY BANK, NOW EXPECTES A NEXT-OF-KIN TO CLAIM AS THE
BENEFICIARY OF THE FUNDS, EFFORTS HAS BEEN MADE BY MY BANK DIRECTORS TO GET
IN TOUCH WITH THE MR MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER\\\\\\\'S FAMILY OR RELATIVE BUT TO
NO SUCCESS BASED ON THE PERCEIVED POSSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE
MOHAMED KAMAL\\\\\\\'S NEXT-OF-KIN, THE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
OUR CHAIRMAN AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE
FUNDS TO BE DECLARED UNCLAIMED AND CHANNELED TO AN UNKNOWN ACCOUNT. IT IS
BASED ON THIS THAT WE HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO STAND AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN OF LATE
MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER SO THAT THE FUNDS WILL BE RELEASED AND PAID INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT AS THE BENEFICIARY AND THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE DECEASED.ALL
DOCUMENTS, AND PROOF TO ENABLE YOU GET THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY WORKED
OUT AS WE HAVE SECURED FROM THE DIFFERENT OFFICES CONCERNED FOR THE SMOOTH
TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT.IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT THE
OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE
COMPENSATED WITH 30% OF THE REMITTED FUNDS, WHILE WE KEEP 65% AND 5% WILL BE
SET ASIDE TO OFFSET EXPENSES BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONAL.IF THIS PROPOSAL
SATISFIES YOU, PLEASE REACH ME THROUGH MY DIRECT EMAIL
ADDRESS FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ALSO SEND ME YOUR CONTACT TELEPHONE AND FAX
NUMBER INCLUDING YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER FOR QUICK AND EASY COMMUNICATION.I
AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE, ALL THE BEST AND GOD BLESS YOU. PLEASE EMAIL ME
ON THIS MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR SECURITY REASON ADDRESS
(rowlandmoore@o2.pl)
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
ROWLAND MOORE
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