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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: Richard Cole <richardcole10@virgilio.it>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 10:42:43 +0200
Subject: Hellow
Dear Friend, (richardcole212@netscape.net)
My name is Richard Cole, I am a senior banker in a bank here in the SOUTH AFRICA,
I am contacting you for a business transfer, of a huge sum of money from a deceased
account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that everything documents that will
bring about the success of this transaction would be provided, and all will be well at
the end of the day. I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.
The deceased person who died Neal Walker died in an air crash along with his wife on
the 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian airline 990 with other passengers on board was an
American Oilconsultant/contractor with the Chinese Solid Minerals Corporation. You can
confirm his death from the website below which was published by BBC WORLD NEWS.
WEBSITE.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin are alive to make claims for this money as his
heir, because they all died in the same accident himself and his wife (May their soul
rest in peace). We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for
claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to
the deceased, as all documentations will be carefully worked to make you the
beneficiary to the funds $21,800 000 00 USD.ACCOUNT.(Twenty one million, eight hundred
thousand US.DOLLAR) which will be released in your favor as the next of kin. Because
after six years the money will be called back to the bank bond treasury as unclaimed
bills and the money shared amongst the directors of the bank. so it is on this note I
decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the next of kin/beneficiary to this
funds rather than allow the bank directors to share this money amongst themselves at
the end of the year.
It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an order of mandamus
to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge receipt of this message
in acceptance of our mutual business endeavor by furnishing me with the following
information if you are interested.
1. Full names and address,
2. Telephone and fax number
3. A copy of your international passport or drivers license.
For our personal contact and mutual trust in each other.
I shall be compensating you with 30% of the above amount on final conclusion of this
project for your assistance, the balance 65% shall be for me , while 5% will setaside for any upfrount
expenceses ,because I intend to retire after the conclusion of this transaction .
If this proposal is acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact me immediately.
Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you.
I await your urgent mail to my personal email:richardcole212@netscape.net
Best Regards,
Mr.Richard cole
richardcole212@netscape.net
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