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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: Johnson Michael <johnson@johnson98.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:50:07 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Dear Friend!!
Dear Friend,
My Name is Dr.Johnson Michael From Harlsden, North West London , here in
England. I work for Natwest Bank London. I am writing following an opportunity in my
office that will be of an imense benefit to both of us. In my department we
discovered an abandoned sum of $10.5million USA Dollars (Ten
million five hundred thousand Usa Dollars) in an account that belongs to
one of our foreign customers Late Mr. Morris Thompson an American who
unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261
which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter. The
choice of contacting you is aroused from the geograpgical nature of where
you live, particularly due to the sensivity of the transaction.and the
confidentiality herein.
Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for the
claim but nobody has done that.I personally has been unsuccessful in
locating the relatives for six (6) years now, I seek your consent to present you
as the next of kin / Will Beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds
of this account valued at 10.5Million Dollars can be paid to you. This will
be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 60% to me and 40% to you.
I have secured all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up
this claim we are making. All i need is to fill in your names to the ducuments
and legalise it in the court here to prove you as the legitimate beneficiary then you
can make contacts with the secuirty company where the fund is presently deposited as adiplomatic Consignment.
while we have made arrangements with Diplomatic Envoy in service to move the money through diplomatic
process to your country with all the necessary papers to enhace depositing
the money into a bank in your country.
All I require now is your honest Co-operation, Confidentiality and Trust to
enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law. Please, provide me the following as we have 5 days to run it
through. This is very very URGENT PLEASE.
They are:
1. Full Name
2. Your Telephone Number
3. Your Contact Address.
Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated.
NOTE: I will appreciate if you send me your reply to my private email address via: drmicjohnson@hotmail.com
Best regards,
Dr.Johnson Michael.
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