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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: "d_edmund1976" <d_edmund1976@terra.com.mx>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:18:09 -0600
Subject: Waiting for your reply
Hello Dear,
First, I'm soliciting your utmost confidentiality in this transaction. I am DR. DAVID EDMUND, the Foreign Operations Manager HSBC Bank, Accra-Ghana. One of our customers who bears the same name with you, a national of your country, who used to work with Ashanti Goldfield Ltd in Ghana that died On the 25th of December 2003, on the single reason of visiting his in-laws. His wife {A LEBANESE} and their only daughter were involved in a Plane crash on their way home for the holidays and were among the 111 people confirmed dead. Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy here to locate any of his extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track over the Internet, to locate any member of his family or relative hence I contacted you and I’m taking this advantage in order to better my life and that of my family. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the fund valued at US$20.7 million left behind by our customer before it get confiscated or declared unserviceable by our bank where this huge amount was deposited.
Our bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated in the next six months. For the fact that I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives since then I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the percentage that is coming to me after the money has been credited in your chosen account.
I can assist in procuring the necessary information and legal documents that may be needed to actualize this proposal since I will contract the services of our bank accredited lawyer who will legally represent you here. All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Please view the WEBSITE:www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html
If this proposal is acceptable by you, kindly get back to me. I want you to also furnish me with your private telephone/fax or preferably your mobile numbers and I will have to apply for the release and subsequent transfer of the fund in your favour.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation.
Cordially Yours,
DR. DAVID EDMUND
NB: Please upon your response include your private telephone and fax for further and oral communication.
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