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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <william2baker@dnsau.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:40:04 +0000
Subject: From Barrister William Baker Esq.
BAKERS CHAMBERS & SOLICITORS86 Landor RoadLondon SW9 9RTUnited Kingdom. Compliment of the day, It is obvious that this mail will come to you as a surprise but please find time to read it, I would not have used this medium but I chose to reach you through it because it is the surest and most secured medium of communication, I am Barrister William Baker,the attorney of late Mr. James Adams who was an expatriate consultant/contractor. My late client made a fixed deposit of Eighteen million British pounds Sterling in one of the financial institutions here in London,United Kingdom with standing statement/agreement that all correspondence in respect to the fixed deposit contract must be sent to him through my humble chambers.
Upon maturity, the routine notification was forwarded to me that I dispatched to his forwarding address as usual without a reply. After a month, I sent a reminder which I received from the bank without any reply again. Later on I eventually discovered from my Client's contract employers that he died in a ghastly auto accident, unfortunately my late client died intestate leaving no one except me with the knowledge of the funds.
Perhaps, It is upon this discovery that I have decided to do business with you and release the funds to you as the next of kin/beneficiary of these funds for safe keeping and subsequent disbursement since nobody will come for it and I don't want these funds to go into Government treasury as unclaimed funds because the banking laws here in United Kingdom stipulate that such funds should be transferred into banking treasury as unclaimed funds.
I wish to point out that after the claims, I would want 10% of this money to be shared among charity organizations, while you receive 40% and the remaining 50% will be for me as the initiator of the deal. Most importantly, I would also require your assistance towards investing my share in your country.
Upon your response, I shall provide you with more details and how we shall proceed with the claims. Please forward to me your direct phone number for easy communications as regards this transaction.
Thanks as I wait your urgent response.Barr. William Baker (Esq)
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