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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: "catherine schole" <catherine_uk_62@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:15:30 -0500
Subject: Thanks
Dear Friend,I am Mrs Catherine Schole, Auditing Assistant in a Bank here in london
with branches all over europe. I have urgent and very confidential
business proposition for you.In my department, I discovered an abandoned sum of $6.2 million us
dollars (six million two hundred thousand united state dollars) in an
account that belongs to one of our foreign customers 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.Visiting site at:
Unfortunately I learnt that his supposed next of kin being his only
Daughter died along with him in the plane crash leaving nobody with
the Knowledge of this fund behind for the claim.
This sum of US$6,200,000.00 is still sitting in our branch bank
and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end
of each year. According to Laws of the bank, at the expiration of 5 (five)
years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Government
if nobody applies to claim the fund.Consequently, i will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the
next of kin . I need your full name and address
for the attorney to prepare the necessary documents and affidavits
that will put you in place as the next of kin. The money will be paid
into your account for us to share in the ratio of 70% for me and 30%
for you.
Awaiting your urgent reply via my personal email:
catschole@yahoo.co.uk
Phone number +44-703-194-2033Thanks and regards,Mrs Catherine Schole.Thanks!
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