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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: "John Erskine"<john.ersine@london.com>
Reply-To: <john.ersine@googlemail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 15:29:55 -0700
Subject: I am Mr. John Erskine
From: Mr. John Erskine, Investment management,
Smith & Williamson
Private Banking Services
25 Moorgate
London
EC2R 6AY
London,
United Kingdom.
Dear Friend,
I am Mr. John Erskine, the accounting officer-in charge of the Private investment section of the above named Finance house. I have
decided to contact you on a business Transaction that requires confidentiality, Trust and transparency, where both of us have a
lot to benefit, during my investigation and auditing in the Accounts section, I came across a huge sum of money belonging to a
deceased person. Though I know that contact of this nature will make any one apprehensive and worried, I am assuring you that
everything has been taken care of, and you have nothing to fear at all and i would be very glad if you would allow me bring you to a
clearer picture of what is on ground, what we intend to do and how we intend to do it.
This enquiry involves a client who shares your surname. It was brought to my knowledge that the aforementioned client died
ntestate and nominated no next of kin to the title over investments made. We came to know of you via the Global. Database.Center
(G.D.C.) Hence i am making this contact. The essence of this communication with you is to request that you provide me with
information on 3 KEY issues.
1. Are you aware of any relative/relation having the same surname,
who’s last known, contact address was Brussels, Belgium?
2. Are you aware of any investment of considerable value made by
such a person with any Private Bankers?
3 Can you establish beyond reasonable doubt your eligibility to
assume status of next of kin to the deceased?
He died in an air crash along with his wife on the 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian airline boeing 990 with other passengers on
board. You can confirm this fact from the website which was aired by the BBC WORLD NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm
Since his death, none of his relatives or associates have come forward to lay claims to his funds as next-of-kin, and on my own i
have made concerted effort to locate any of his relatives but all proved abortive. Based on the ethics and policies of the bank,it
would be declared unclaimed and taken to the treasury of the bank as capital base of the bank, because already the account has been
tagged dormant because it has exceeded the normal functional number of years.
We cannot release the funds from his account unless someone applies for it or lays claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines. Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission and assistance to present you and have you
stand as a next of kin to the deceased,so that the funds can be released and transfer to you, as all documentations will be
carefully worked out by me for it to be released in your favor as the beneficiary's next of kin, if not the members of the board of
directors will utilise it for their personal aggrandisement.
Because after the specified number of years it will be called back to the bank treasury as unclaimed bills and shared amongst the
directors of the bank, so it is on this note i decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the next of kin/beneficiary rather
than allow the bank directors to share it amongst themselves at the end of the year.
It may interest you to know that I have secured from the probate commission an order of mandamus to locate any of the deceased
beneficiaries. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with
the following information if you are interested.
1. A beneficiary name, in order for me to prepare the documents for
transfer in your name.
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers...For our personal contact and
for easy communication between both of us.
Upon your acceptance I shall send you my identity for more confidentiality and trust in each other as i shall trust you not to
elope at completion.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact me immediately. Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have
bestowed in you, I await your urgent response. Contact me via this email address please: john.ersine@googlemail.com
Do note that all emails and calls from the bank are logged and contact must never be through that email.
Regards,
John Erskine.
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