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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: "FRANK PHILLIPS" <frankphillips225@googlemail.com>
Reply-To: frankphillips222@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:54:15 -0700
Subject: URGENT.
FROM THE DESK OF FRANK PHILLIPS
PRIVATE EMAIL: FRANKPHILLIPS222@HOTMAIL.COM
URGENT INHERITANCE CLAIM
GOOD DAY,
I KNOW THIS PROPOSAL WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE EXPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO
NOT KNOW ME,CONDSIDERING THE HUGE SUM OF MONEY INVOLVED WHICH COULD MAKE
ANYONE APPREHENSIVE. LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF TO YOU.I AM FRANK
PHILLIPS,A BARRISTER IN THE UK WHERE I AM PRESENTLY LIVING AND WORKING.I SAW
YOUR CONTACT DURING MY PRIVATE SEARCH AT THE INFORMATION CENTRE HERE IN MY
COUNTRYS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE
COMMITTED AND CAPABLE OF ASSISTING ME IN THIS BUSINESS VENTURE.
FIRST,LET ME EXPLAIN THE SOURCE OF THIS FUNDS AND WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTED TO
DO TO ASSIST ME. MY LATE CLIENT MR MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER WAS AN OIL
MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR UNTIL HIS DEATH SOME YEARS AGO IN A PLANE CRASH.THE
DECEASED, MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER BANKED WITH THE BARCLAYS BANK HERE IN LONDON
AND HAD A CLOSING BALANCE AS AT HIS TIME OF DEATH IN THE YEAR 2002 WORTH
$45M (FOURTY FIVE MILLION USD).
THE LAW FIRM I WORK FOR NOW EXPECTS SOMEONE TO COME FORWARD AS HIS
NEXT-OF-KIN TO CLAIM AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE FUNDS.EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE
BY MY LAW FIRM AND THE BARCLAYS BANK TO GET IN TOUCH WITH LATE MR MOHAMED
KAMAL YASSER'S FAMILY OR RELATIVES BUT TO NO SUCCESS.
BASED ON THE PERCEIVED POSSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE MOHAME
KAMAL'S NEXT-OF-KIN, THE MANAGEMENT OF THE BANK UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MY
LAW FIRM AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNDS
TO BE DECLARED UNCLAIMED AND CHANNELED TO AN UNKNOWN ACCOUNT.
IT IS BASED ON THIS THAT I HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO STAND AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN
OF LATE MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER SO THAT THE FUNDS WILL BE RELEASED AND PAID
INTOYOUR ACCOUNT AS THE BENEFICIARY AND THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE DECEASED.I
ASSURE YOU THAT ALL DOCUMENTS AND PROOF TO ENABLE YOU GET THE FUNDS HAVE
BEEN CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AS I HAVE SECURED THE SUPPORT OF OFFICERS FROM
THE DIFFERENT OFFICES CONCERNED FOR THE SMOOTH TRANSFER OF THE FUNDS TO YOUR
NOMINATED ACCOUNT.
IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT YOU BEING THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE
COMPENSATED WITH 30% OF THE REMITTED FUNDS,WHILE WE KEEP 65% AND ANOTHER 5%
WILL BE SET ASIDE TO OFFSET ANY EXPENSES WE MIGHT INCUR BOTH LOCALL AND
INTERNATIONALLY.I WANT TO ALSO STATE HERE THAT YOU WILL NOT NECESSARILY
HAVE TO GIVE ME YOUR BANK DETAILS BECAUSE YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND OPEN A NEW
ACCOUNT WITH AS LOW AS ZERO CREDIT.
IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU, PLEASE REACH ME THROUGH MY DIRECT AND
SECURE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ALSO SEND ME YOUR CONTACT
TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER INCLUDING YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER FOR QUICK AND EASY
COMMUNICATION.
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE, ALL THE BEST AND GOD BLESS YOU. PLEASE EMAIL
ME ON THIS MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR SECURITY REASONS
FRANKPHILLIPS222@HOTMAIL.COM
PHONE NUMBERS: +44 704 5797811
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
FRANK PHILLIPS.
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