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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, 8 Jun 2005 11:45:43 +0200
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 Holland 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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