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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: "foreign payment" <foreign_punit110@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: foreign_punit201@myway.com
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:46:12 +0100
Subject: FOR YOUR ONHERITANCE CLAIM:
ATTENTION DEAR FRIEND.
YOUR INHERITANCE CLAIM.
THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR OVER DUE INHERITANCE CLAIM WITH A COMMERCIAL BANK IS TO BE RELEASED,VIA KEY TESTED TRANSFER(KTT )WIRE TRANSFER TO YOU THROUGH OUR AFFILIATE BANK IN EUROPE.
IT IS PERTINENT TO NOTE THAT AN ISSUE OF THIS MAGNITUDE SHOULD HAVE COMMENCED WITH A FORMAL MEETING,BUT DUE TO THE TIME FACTOR AND THE URGENCY THIS MATTER REQUIRES,PLEASE BEAR WITH ME FOR MAKING THE INITIAL CONTACT THROUGH E-MAIL.
MEAN WHILE,A MAN WITH BRITISH PASSPORT NUMBER 3028882234 CAME TO MY OFFICE FEW DAYS AGO WITH A LETTER,CLAIMING TO BE YOUR TRUE REPRESENTATIVE.HERE ARE HER INFORMATIONS BELLOW:
NAME DAVID JACKSON
BANK NAME:CITI BANK
BANK ADDRESS:ARIZONA, USA.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 6503809008.
PLEASE,DO RECONFIRM TO THIS OFFICE ,AS A MATTER OF URGENCY IF THIS WOMAN IS FROM YOU,SO THAT THIS OFFICE WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THIS INHERITANCE INTO THE WRONG ACCOUNT NAME.
IF THIS WOMAN IS NOT YOUR REP,YOU ARE REQUESTED TO FILL AND RETURN THIS INFORMATION FOR VERIFICATION PURPOSES SO THAT YOUR INHERITANCE CLAIM VALUED US$10M DOLLARS ONLY WILL BE REMITTED INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT.THIS FUND IS AS A RESULT OF INHERTANCE ON YOUR BEHALF DEPOSITED BY AN AMERICAN WHO DIED IN A PLANE CRASH SOMETIME AGO.
1. YOUR NAME:................................
2. YOUR ADDRESS:.............................
3. YOUR TELEPHONE ...........................
5. AGE.......................................
6. SEX:......................................
7. YOUR OCCUPATION...........................
8. YOUR BANK DETAILS:........................
AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THE ABOVE,WE SHALL COMMENCE WITH ALL NESSCCARY PROCEEDURES IN OTHER TO TRANSFER THIS FUND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE/FOREIGN OPERATIONS WHO HANDLES ALL FOREIGN INHERITANCE CLAIM.
WE SHALL PROCEED WITH THE PAYMENT DETAILS TO THE SAID MR JACKSON,IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU WITHIN THE NEXT THREE WORKING DAYS FROM TODAY.
BEST REGARDS.
MR.USMAN BELLO.
(FOREIGN PAYMENT UNIT)
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