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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: BRAIN HYLAND <koloma08@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: dvs_harry70@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:29:04 -0800 (PST)
Subject: THANKS AHEAD OF TIME
BANK LONDON
SUBJECT: THANKS AHEAD OF TIME
From: Mr. Brain Hyland,,
Director, Inward Investment Unit
Barclays Bank Plc, London United Kingdom.
Attention: Sir/Madam,
My name is Mr. Brain Hyland,,, Director, Inward Investment Unit Barclays Bank Plc, London United Kingdom. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of our bank with account number 14-255-114 whose name is Late Mr. Morris Thompson, an American by Citizen who perished in a plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter. You shall read more about the crash on visiting this site which I got during my investigation; http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list
Since the demise of this our customer, I personally has watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds of US$15.5M (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which has been with our branch for a very long time. On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the Next of Kin as no one has come up to be the next of kin. And the banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than Ten Years, because the money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed fund after this period.
In view of this I got your contact when making a research on a foreigner I will use in this great opportunity. For your assistant I will give you 30%of the total amount then 10% have been mapped out to donate to the motherless baby home, while the remaining 60% will be for me and my partner. Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you by fax or e-mail the letter of application, which you will type, sign and send back to our bank to enable us start this transaction. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for the smooth and easy transfer of this fund has been finalized, this transaction will be completed within five banking days of receiving your response, after you apply to the bank as a relation to the deceased. When you receive this letter, kindly send me an e-mail signifying your decision including your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication on my personal
email address:
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Brain Hyland,
Inward Investment Unit,
Barclays Bank London,
United Kingdom.
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