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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" <edward_yau21@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: edward_yau1963@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:10:46 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR URGENT RESPONSE
MR EDWARD YAU
SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED
UK BRANCH
65 CORNHILL, LONDON , EC3V 3NP
LONDON UNITED KINGDOM
Geetings,
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 ne 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 worldtrade 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
success, you can confirm through this site:
http://www.september11victims.com/september11V
ictims/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 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 relevantdocuments 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 ital 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%.
I await your urgent response to this mail.
Yours Truly,
MR EDWARD YAU.
(London Branch)
SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED UK
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