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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 Steven Walker <esqwalker@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: stevenwalk@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:51:24 -0500
Subject: personal email directed to you
This is a personal email directed to you and I request that it be treated as
such. I must solicit your Confidentiality and assure you that I am contacting
you in good faith and this proposal will be of mutual benefit. I am Steven
Walker, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney/sole executor to the
late Mr. Mark Miranda hereinafter referred to as my client who worked as an
independent oil magnate in my country, who died in a car crash with his
immediate family in East London on the 5Th of November 2001.
Since the death of my client, I have written several letters to the embassy
with intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom shall
beclaimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all such efforts
have been to no avail. I had to inform the finance company about my fruitless
effort in locating my late client close relative or His next of kin.
The board of directors of the company just adopted a resolution and I was
mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money within the
next 15 official working days or forfeit the money as an abandoned funds. The
company had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of the company to
confiscate the funds after the expiration of the period given me. Also I have
received official letters in the last two days suggesting a likely proceeding
for confiscation of his abandoned personal assets in line with existing laws of
the institution.
I find this possible for the fuller reasons that you are of the same
nationality and you bear a similar last name with my late client making it a
lot easier for you to put up a claim in that capacity. I have all vital
documents that would confer you the legal right to make this claim and would
make them available to you so that the proceeds of this bank account valued at
£9.8million can be paid to you before it gets confiscated or declared
unserviceable to the bank where this huge amount is lodged.
I do sincerely sympathize the death of my client but think it is unprofitable
for his funds to be submitted to the government of this country or some
financial institution. My aim is to retrieve these funds and let it be claimed
by the deceased family Lineage, etc. for this I seek your assistance since I
have been unable to locate the relatives for the past 8years now
I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you
have the same last name giving you the advantage so that the proceeds of this
account can be paid to you and then both of us can share the money, 60% to me
and 40% to you. I know there might be other persons out there with the same
surname as my late client, but after a little check my instinct tells me to
contact you. Can I trust you on this? I shall assemble all the necessary
documents that will be used to back up your claim.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of law. I will not fail to bring to your notice
that this proposal is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any fears as
the required arrangements have been made for the completion of this transfer.
Like I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality on this. Please get in
touch with me by my alternative email: stevenwalk@hotmail.com for better
confidentiality and send to me your telephone and fax numbers to enable us
discuss further on this transaction. My contact number is +44 702 4069 682 +44
702 4010 988. If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue
advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you, Thanks for your understanding.
Best Regards.
Barrister Steven Walker
When calling you dial your country calling code which I think is 011+my number
(+44 702 4069 682) You can also confirm the code from your service provide
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