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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)
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 18:54:12 +0200
Subject: From: Mr. Wilfred
From: Mr. Wilfred
BidVest Bank South Africa
Phone: 0027-741 066 885
Email: mr.wilfred@rocketmail.com
My name is Mr. Masaya Wilfred, the manager, Credit and Foreign Bills of
BIDVEST BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer
of our bank with account number 908-14-255-114 whose name is Chung Timothy,
(Mr.), who died in a plane crash [Korean Air Flight 801] with the whole
passengers onboard on August 6, 1997. And for your perusal you can view this
website Ref: http://www.cnn.com /WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list
Since the demise of this customer, I personally have 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
Kinas no one has come up as his next of kin. And the banking ethics
here does
not allow such money to stay long in the bank else it will be return to the
bank escrow account as unclaimed funds.
In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal when I was ma
king a research on a foreigner I will use in this great opportunity. For
your assistance I am willing to give you 40% of the total amount. 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 processing of this claim.
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 next of kin to the deceased. I now solicit for your
assistance to present you as the next of kin as every other arrangement has
been concluded by me.
Please go through this message carefully and if you are interested
in assisting me, kindly notify me urgently via my private email address: (
mr.wilfred@rocketmail.com), as time is of great essence in this transaction.
Upon your acceptance to assist me I shall provide you with more information.
Till I hear from you I will not contact anyone, have a wonderful day.
Mr. Masaya Wilfred.
Phone: 0027-741 066 885.
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