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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: bridgetabdalla@handbag.com
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:13:34 +0200
Subject: PLS ASSIST ME!
DEAR SIR/MADAM,
PLEASE I BEG YOU IN THE NAME OF ALMIGHTY GOD, TO PLEASE READ THIS MAIL,
AND
DO NOT DISREGARD MY MAIL TO YOU.I AM AWARE WITH A MAIL LIKE THIS FROM A
TOTAL STRANGER WILL MAKE ANY BODY APPREHENSIVE AND SUSPICIOUS, BUT I AM
DESPERATE AS I CAN BEAR IT NO MORE.
I AM MRS. BRIDGET SAYED ABDALLA, A WIDOW AND MOTHER OF FIVE DAUGHTERS (AND
A SON WHO IS MY BIOLOGICAL CHILD BUT ADOPTED BY MY LATE HUSBAND AS HIS SON).
I WAS MARRIED TO THE LATE DR.SAYED ABDALLA, AN EGYPTIAN WHO DIED IN A
PLANE CRASH OF NOVEMBER 1ST 1999, BUT I AM A SOUTH AFRICAN.
BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY HUSBAND HE WAS A LOVING, KIND AND HARDWORKING INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESSMAN,WHO LOVED HIS FAMILY PASSIONATELY, BUT AFTER HIS DEATH HIS FAMILY
MEMBERS WHO PROBABLY WERE JEALOUS OF OUR UNION, SWOOPED IN AND TURNED ME
INTO A LONELY AND HELPLESS PERSON. MY LATE HUSBAND DESPITE BEING A MOSLEM
WAS LIBERAL ENOUGH TO ALLOW ME PERFORM MY CHRISTIAN RELIGION, BUT RIGHT
NOW, HIS FAMILY HAVE FORCED ME TO MARRY HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, AND MY REFUSAL
MADE THEM TO PRACTICALLY SEIZED ALL OUR FAMILY POSSESSION. THE REASON
GIVEN BY THEM IS THAT THEIR CULTURE, RELIGION AND WAY OF LOVE FORBIDS A
WOMAN TO BE HEARD, SEEN OR EXPOSED IN WHATEVER FORM.THEY CLAIM THAT SINCE
ALL MY CHILDREN ARE GIRLS, AM NOT ENTITLED TO WHATEVER BELONGS TO THEIR
LATE BROTHER.Please,FIND BELOW THE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION.AS YOU WILL
FIND MY HUSBAND'S NAME, SAYED ABDALLA AMONGST THOSE THAT LOST THEIR LIVE
ON THAT FAITHFUL DAY
(BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm
THE REASON WHY I SEEK YOUR ASSISTANCE, IS BECAUSE BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY
LATE HUSBAND, HE DID MENTION TO ME OF A LARGE SUM OF MONEY TOTALING $12.7M.U.S.
DOLLARS, WHICH HE KEPT IN A BANK VAULT IN EUROPE. HE PLANNED TO USE THIS
SAID FUNDS FOR BUSINESS IN EUROPE, AM HAPPY THAT NO MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY
KNOW ABOUT THIS EXCEPT ME AND MY SON, WHO WAS ALMOST KILLED BY MY IN-LAWS
AND HE EVENTUALLY ESCAPED AND HE HIS NOW IN EUROPE, MY SON IS IN EUROPE
NOW BECAUSE OF THIS FUNDS.
PLEASE I WANT YOU TO HELP ME GET THIS FUNDS OUT OF THE BANK WHERE THE MONEY
IS KEPT AS I AM THE BENEFICIARY TO FUNDS. I AM WILLING TO MAKE YOU THE BENEFICIARY
TO THIS FUNDS, SO LONG YOU WILL BE SINCERE AND HONEST AND WILL BE ABLE TO
KEEP THIS CONFIDENTIAL, BECAUSE MY IN-LAWS ARE DESPERATELY WATCHING MY EVERY
MOVE.
PLEASE IF YOU DECIDE TO ASSIST ME WITH THIS, KINDLY SEND ME A MAIL AND ALSO
SEND ME YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER, SO THAT I CAN REACH MY OLDEST SON
IN EUROPE TO CONTACT YOU FOR THIS PURPOSE.
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE,PLEASE REACH ME ON THIS EMAIL ADDRESS bridgetabdalla@netscape.net
MAY THE GOOD LORD BLESS AND GUIDE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
YOURS SINCERELY
MRS.BRIDGET SAYED ABDALLA
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