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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: "kenny paul" <kennypaul@dipplomatic.com>
Reply-To: kennypaul2@ukrpost.net
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 04:18:03 +0000
Subject: HELLO
From Mr.Kenny Paul.
TELEPHONE:+44-704-012-4656
FAX NUMBER:+44-870-131-9880
We are Diplomatic Corp that holds special and valuable consignments
for reputable clients that are honest and trustworthy.
We work in collaboration with top firms all over the world as we have
earned a name as a service whose hallmarks in reliability and
confidentiality are revered.
International missions, Diplomats, Embassies of the world have used
our services to satisfaction.
A benefactor has mandated me to get someone that can assist her and
her family in retrieving her package containing some amount of money
from a Diplomatic Corp in Europe.
The benefactor and her children have been confined only to their
country home and all their calls and movements are monitored, as a
result,its absoultely impossible for them to do anything as regards
retrieving the money.
Their only means of communication is via internet and you are being
contacted because your assistance is needed in claiming the funds on
their behalf.
The amount was accrued from Diamond sales over a period of six years
and its USD75M (Seventy Five Million U.S.Dollars).
These funds are fully free of any liens, or encumbrances and are
clean, clear and has no criminal origin.
The funds have nothing to do with any form of illegality and all
documentations needed to prove the source of the funds were submitted
when the funds were being deposited and these documents would prove
the source of the funds and authenticate the fact that the funds are
clean and has no links whatsoever with either drugs or terrorism.
For your assistance in this transaction,the benefactor and her
Children have agreed to give you 30% of the total amount of money
which is equivalent to US$22.5 Million (Twenty Two Million,Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) and this role simply entails
retrieving the funds on their behalf from the Diplomats in Europe and
all the information needed to claim the funds would be sent to you as
soon as you indicate your interest in assisting them as well as
providing the following information to facilitate the smooth
conclusion of the transaction.
1) Your Full Name: ___________________________
2) Your Address:_______________________________
3) Your Telephone Number:________________________
4) Your Fax Number: __________________________
5) Your Mobile Number:_____________________________
6) The Name of the Closest Airport to your City of
Residence:_____________________
7) Your Age:_____________________________________
I await your response Urgently.
Mr.Kenny Paul.
TELEPHONE:+44-704-012-4656
FAX NUMBER:+44-870-131-9880
****PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL*****
This e-mail and any attached files are confidential and may be
legally privileged.
If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction,
copying,distribution, or other dissemination or use of this
communication is strictly prohibited
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