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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: "Barr. Gilbert Gray" <gilbertgray1955@yahoo.de> (may be fake)
Reply-To: gilbertgray32@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:51:34 +0200
Subject: Reply ASAP
Barr. Gilbert O. Gray QC,
Gilbert Gray & Associates
Dear Friend,
I am Barr. Gilbert Gray, a legal practitioner, I was the personal attorney to an American health consultant(name withheld until I hear from you), who used to work as a private consultant to the royal family here in England.
On the 13th of December 2006, my client and his family were involved in a car accident in Scotland in which all occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several inquiries here to locate any of my clients relatives, this has proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the Internet, to locate any of his remote relatives hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the fund valued at US$20.5 million left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge amount was deposited.
The said bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have his account confiscated within the next twenty-one working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for close to 2years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you have the same last name, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for transfer.I have all necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for the claim.
All I require from you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangements that will protect you from any breach of the law. I am mailing from my private email, please make sure you communicate me throught return email as this letter is very private and not a matter for my law chambers in general.
Please communicate me through my direct email gilbertgray32@yahoo.com . I will give you my phone number as soon as I recieve your positive response accepting to work with me.
Best Regards,
Gilbert Gray (Esq)
Principal Attorney,
London, England
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