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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: "SANDRA WILLIAMS" <sandra_williams130@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: sandra_williams130@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 17:17:41 +0400
Subject: YOU ASSISTANCE IS HIGHLY NEEDED .
MISS SANDRA WILLIAMS
MY PHONE 0097150-8800413 .
DUBAI, U .A .E.
I KNOW MY MAIL WILL BE A SURPRISE TO YOU BUT YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT I WAS TOTALLY CONVINCED TO WRITE TO YOU IN REFERENCE OF THE TRANSFERRING OF $23.500.000.00
SIXTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT FOR ONWARD INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY . AND I MUST CONFESS THAT MY AGITATIONS ARE REAL AND MY WORD IS MY BOND IN THIS PROPOSAL .
I GOT YOUR CONTACT WHEN I WENT TO DUBAI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY , TO LOOK FOR BUSINESS DIRECTORIES OF FOREIGN INVESTORS , AND I PRAYED OVER IT , BEFORE I DEEMED IT WISE TO SEND YOU THIS FAX .
I AM MR SANDRA WILLIAMS , THE ONLY CHILD OF LATE MR AND MRS VICTOR WILLIAMS MY FATHER WAS A VERY WEALTHY COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN LOME , THE ECONMIC CAPITAL OF TOGO IN [ WEST AFRICA] BEFORE HE WAS POISONED TO DEALTH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES ON ONE OF THEIR OUTING TO DISCUSS ON A BUSSINESS . WHEN MY MOTHER DIED ON THE 21TH OCTOBER 1994 , MY FATHER TOOK ME SO SEPCIAL BECAUSE I AM MOTHERLESS .
BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 7TH NOVEMBER 2002 IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL IN LOME HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS BESIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS A SUM OF $23.500.000.00 TWENTY THREE MILLION , FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS , LEFT IN A SECURITY COMPANY , IN DUBAI [U.A.E ] AND THE SECURITY DID NOT KNOW THE REAL CONTENT OF THE CONSIGNMENT , BECAUSE MY FATHER DEPOSITED IT AS FAMILY BELONGINGS [GOLD ] , THAT HE USED MY NAME AS HIS ONLY DAUGHTER FOR THE NEXT OF KIN IN DEPOSIT OF THE FUND . HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES . THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN A COUNTRY OF MY CHIOCE WHERE I WILL TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE . (SUCH AS REAL ESTATES MANAGEMENT )
SIR , I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS .
[ 1] TO PROVIDE A BANK ACCOUNT WHERE THIS MONEY WOULD BE TRANSFERRED INTO FOR ONWARD INVESTMENTS
[2] TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF AND SECURED THIS MONEY FOR ME BEFORE WE START INVESTMENT PROPER .
[3] TO MAKE AN URGENT ARRANGEMENT AND COME DOWN TO DUBAI AND OPEN UP A NON RESDENT ACCOUNT WHERE THIS WILL BE TRANSFER .
MOREOVER SIR I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU % 20 OF THE TOTAL SUM AS COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EFFORT AND INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSSFUL TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT OVERSEA , AND %5 FOR EXPENSES INCURED BY BOTH PARTIES IN THE CAUSE OF THIS TRANSACTION , FURTHERMORE, YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR OPTION TOWARDS ASSISTING ME AS I BELIEVE THAT THIS TRANSACTION WOULD BE CONCLUDED WITHIN SEVEN (7) WORKING DAYS YOU SIGNIFY INTEREST TO ASSIST ME I ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU IMMENSELY ,FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND YOU CAN AS WELL CALL ME ON THE ABOVE TELEPHONE NUMBER .
ANTICIPATING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON .
THANK AND GOD BLESS
MISS SANDRA WILLIAMS.
Email Sandra_williams130@hotmail.com
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