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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 richard" <martin_richard01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: martin_richard002@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 09:54:15 +0200
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL:
FROM: MR MARTIN RICHARD,
STANDARD BANK SOUTH AFRICA
NO 43 COMMISIONER STREET,
JOHANNESBURG.
SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: 27-83-313-1006
GOODDAY SIR,
I am MR MARTIN RICHARD, a Staff of Standard Bank South Africa. I am writing
following an opportunity in my office that will be of immense benefit to
both of us. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of USD$9.8
Million (Nine Million, Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in an
account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Mr. Morris
Thompson an American who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his
wife and only daughter, You can read more about the crash on visiting this
site.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
Since we got information about his death, we have been silently expecting
his next of kin or relatives 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 guidelines, Unfortunately I
learnt that his supposed next of kin being his only daughter died along with
him in the plane crash leaving nobody with the knowledge of this fund behind
for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I as the Head of
this Department now decided to make business with you and release the money
to you as the Next of Kin or beneficiary of the funds for safety keeping and
subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this
money to go back into Government treasury as unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that such money remained
after five years the money will be transferred into banking treasury as
unclaimed funds. I agreed that 35% of this money would be for you as foreign
partner and for your assistance, while the balance will be for my investment
in your country. I will visit your country for the disbursement according to
the percentages indicated above once this money gets into your account.
Please be honest to me and trust is our watchword in this transaction.
Note this transaction is confidential and risk free. As soon as you receive
this mail you should contact me by return mail or call me on my direct
number: TEL: 27-83-313-1006 Please note that all necessary arrangement for
the smooth release of these funds to you has been finalized. We will discuss
much in details when I do receive your response, Please in your response
include your telephone and fax numbers for easy communication.
Best regards
MR MARTIN RICHARD.
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