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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: "Timothy Williams." <williams_timo57@Rediffmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 11:29:27 +0000
Subject: ATTN: Dear,
ATTN: Dear,
Due to my careful search for an honest, reliable and
sincere business partner, I got your contact from the
internet and I ask if you can be trusted not to break
an agreement? Still, it took me time to make up my
mind to contact you and to offer you this proposal of
mine of which my whole life depends on.
Dear, my name is Timothy Williams the son of one business man from South Africa, late MR. John Williams, I am 22 years old and presently residing in DAKAR-SENEGAL in West Africa under political asylum.
My mother happens to be a nurse whom the late Williams
had an affair with during his life style as a play
boy, and the affair resulted to my birth, but it was
unfortunate that the late Williams did not marry my
mother legally and as a kind of settlement, for my
mother and I, my mother ANTOINETTE deposited the sum
of seven million five Hundred thousand USD cash ($ 7.5
million us dollars cash) for my life inheritance. My
mother stashed these sum of money and deposited it in
a company and my name appears as the next of kin.
After my father was killed by his body guard earlier
last two year 2002, and my mother died also earlier
last year just two months after my father's death, and
at the age of 22 years old, I am left with this huge
sum of money, and I need a partner who will help me
transfer this money oversea for immediate investment
as I have made up my mind to invest in your country.
Your compensation for your immediate assistance is 5%
of the total money as soon as it arrives your country
while 2% will be for any local and international
expences that will occure during the transfer.
I will like truth and honesty to be our watchword in
this business.
Yours sincerely,
Timothy Williams.
Please you can contact me with this email
address, william_timo57338@myway.com. Or williams_timo57@Rediffmail.com.
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