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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: "Mr. Fredrick Yaku" <uzzishops@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: fredrickyaku@z6.com
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 13:59:36 +0100
Subject:
Dear Friend,
Hello my dear friends forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise and may offend your personality for contacting you without your prior consent and writing through this Channel. I got your contact from a professional database found on the Internet while searching for a reliable and honest person that will assist us safeguard fund into an account. I was divinely inspired to pick your name among other names found in the database after series of prayers/fasting for Gods direction.
I am Mr. Fredrick Yaku. Person from Colombia undergoing medical treatment. My wife worked for the Malaysian embassy here in South Africa for nine years before she died in the year 2000.We were married for twenty years without a child. She died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before her death we were both born again Christians. Since her death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home. When my late wife was alive she deposited the sum of $20.6 (Twenty Million, six hundred thousand U.S. Dollars) with one finance/security Company in Europe. Presently, this money is still with the Security Company. Recently, my Doctor told me that I have seven months to live, as I am terminally ill with lung cancer. Though what disturbs me most is my partial paralysis. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to a church/mosque or better still a Christian/Moslem individual that will utilize this money the way I am goi
ng to instruct here in.
I want a church/Mosque or individual that will use this to fund churches/Mosque, orphanages and poor and undermined widows. They said blessed is the hand that gives. I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my wife's relatives are not Christians and I don't want my wife's hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers. I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly manner, hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of God. If you will be of help. I will surely appreciate and reward you for your kindness in rendering help to a dying man. I wait for your urgent response.
Thank you and God bless.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Fredrick Yaku
Email: fredrickyaku@z6.com
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