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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: "joel_peter@terra.es" <joel_peter@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 15:47:16 +0100 (MET)
Subject: MY LETTER TO YOU
Hello,
I got your contact from the web. I know that this letter may come to you as a surprise, hence I plead for your pardon and understanding.
Let me start by first introducing myself properly to you. My name is Joel Peter. I work in a foremost commercial bank in Europe. I have an urgent and confidential business proposal for you. Recently, I headed a panel of investigators about a foreign customer of my bank who died intestate and had, a couple of years ago, made a numbered time (fixed) deposit in one of our branch networks in the United Kingdom.
On maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After some months we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employee that our customer died in an auto accident. All attempts to trace his relations were fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered he did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents including his deposit documents in my bank.
According to local banking law, if the account owner is certified death and nobody comes forward to claim the money after five years, the money will revert to the ownership of the state. Presently, no one will ever come forward to claim this money.
Now my bank is ready to release the fund to any one who comes along to claim the fund with the correct deposit information with the certification of my team of investigators. For this reason, I am looking for anyone who will stand in as the beneficiary/next of kin of our deceased customer. This is simple. All you have to do is to immediately send me the details of a BANK ACCOUNT anywhere in the world, YOUR ADDRESS, TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS for me to arrange the payment of the money in your favour as the relation of the late customer and the money will then be paid to you legally for us to share in mutual agreement.
Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the transaction. I will use my position and connection in the bank here to arrange the payment in your favour as the relation of our dead customer. We shall employ the services of an attorney to obtain all necessary documents and letter of administration in your favour for the payment.
Please send me your response STRICTLY TO: (joel_peter@indiatimes.com). As soon as I receive your word of honour to co-operate in the business, I will send you the detailed transaction procedure.
Best regards,
Joel Peter.
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