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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: "Edward YAU" <eddy_yau01@sympatico.ca>
Reply-To: eddy_yau01@indiatimes.com
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:41:30 +0000
Subject: Welcome back, waiting for your reply
INTRODUCTION LETTER :Mr EDWARD YAU
SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED
UK BRANCH
65 CORNHILL, LONDON , EC3V 3NB
Greetings
I would not have used this medium (Internet) but I chose to reach you
through it because it is the fastest,surest and most secured medium of
communication. However,this correspondence is un-official and private,and it
should be treated as such. I also guarantee you that this transaction is
hitch free from all what you may think of.
I am Mr EDWARD YAU of SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED (London Branch) I am
contacting you based on Trust and confidentiality that will be attached to
this transaction.
The Management and the Legal department of our BANK (SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL
BANK LIMITED UK) in a recent meeting, Recommended that the account of
WAI-CHING CHUNG, who was one of my branch depositor, should be declared
Dormant,confisticated and the depositor's fund sent to the Bank Treasury
according to UK Banking and financial law. He died in world trade centre as
a victims of the september 11,2001.Incident that befall the United State of
America,the bank has made series of efforts to contact any of the relatives
to claim this money but without sucess, you can confirm through this site:
http://www.september11victims.com/september11Victims/victims_list.htm
Mr WAI-CHING CHUNG is an account holder in my branch, he owns a dollar
account with the sum of US$58.2M (Fifty Eight Million, two Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars Only) deposited in a Secret account with with my
branch .In fact, since his death, no next of kin of the Dollar account
holder(the brother) nor any relative of him has shown up for the claim this
because he has the account as a secret account thus he left all the
documents for the deposit with me.
This is where I am interested and where I want you to come in. I want
you to come in as the relation of the deceased, I will give you the
relevant documents and contacts to file the application and then effect the
approvals for the transfer of the money, I will be the one to provide the
vital documents for the claims of the money and then advise you exactly
how we should handle it.Please include your telephone/fax number/ Home
Address when replying this mail and I will give you more information as
soon as you indicate your willingness to assist in this transaction.
We will use our positions to get all internal documentations to back up
the claims.Do not be bothered that you are not related in any way to him as
I am in position to afix your name as the next of kin.
The whole Procedures will last only 7 working days to get the fund
retrieved successfully without trace even in future. After the transfer of
the money we shall share the money 60-40.that is I will have 60% while you
will have 40%.
PLEASE YOUR URGENT REPLY IS NEEDED ON MY EMAIL ADDRESS AS FOLLOWS:
eddy_yau02@sify.com
Yours truly,
Mr. EDWARD YAU
(London Branch)
SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED UK
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