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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: "Mr Cummings Peter" <peteoo@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: infopete00@yahoo.it
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:32:49 +0000
Subject: MEMO BANK OF SCOTLAND.
MEMO BANK OF SCOTLAND.
FROM THE DESK OF MR PETER CUMMINGS,
DL-TELEPHONE:+ 44-7031-872654
DL-Fax:+ 44-870-121-9722
URGENT NEED.
Good day,I know this will come to you as a surprise but the need to involve
a realiable and honest person to transfer out 25,500,000.00(Twenty Five
Million,Five Hundred Thousand Pounds)from my employers(BANK OF
SCOTLAND,LONDON)has made me to seek your assistance believing that you are
the right person that will aid me in this deal.It was after going through
your profile at the Internet Directory that i believe that you are capable
to aid me and that is why i have contacted you.
I am Mr Peter Cummings,Chief Executive of Corporate(BANK OF SCOTLAND,LONDON)
I am the personal account officer to Late Mr Martin,a foreigner and Investor
by Proffesion living here in London before his sudden death,He opened
Account in my Bank.Unfortunately he lost his life on July 7 london bus bomb
which took place at Tavistock Square-London.I traced his next of
kin/Business Associate with the address he filled in when he opened the
Account to inform him to come and claim his Inheritance funds but to my
greatest surprise,i found out that both of them died at the at the Bomb
Blast .After my investigation,i found out that no body knows about this
Dormant Account or anything concerning it and the Account has no Beneficiary
and i want to inherit these funds for my private use but as a Banker,i
cannot lay claims on the funds by my self and that is why i have contacted
you to use your name as the next of kin/beneficiary to the Dormant Account
and transfer these funds for my private use.I want you to stand as the Next
Of Kin so that i will use my High-Rank position here in this Bank to
convince other co-staffs to effect Legal approvals and onward Transfer of
this money to your nominated Account as the Next of Kin/Beneficiary of the
funds with appropriate clearance from probate registry & Foreign Payment
Department.I will destroy all the documents concerning this transaction
immediately the funds are transfered to your nominated Account leaving no
trace of the transfer to any place and apply for my resignation as this will
enable me come over to your Country to advise me as lucrative in your
Country.I will take 70% and you will take 30% of the total sum hoping that
the sharing ratio is accepted by you.I am desperately waiting for your
urgent response.
N:B,I want you to know that this business is highly confidential as it is
only between me and you,so,you should never tell anybody about this
transaction until we transfers the funds to your nominated Account. I am
waiting for your urgent response so that i will inform you more on what we
are going to do and inherit these funds succesfully within ten Banking days.
Regards,
Peter Cummings.
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