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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: "Ms Keelf" <vankeelf01@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: vankeelf@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 16:44:44 +0100
Subject: Please read carefully
Ms Keelf
England
vankeelf@hotmail.co.uk
Dear Friend
May I crave your indulgence to open this business
discussion with you by an informal letter of this
sort? It is pertinent that a business of this
Magnitude should have commenced properly with a formal
meeting between You and us to enable both parties know
ourselves, have a fore knowledge of the nature of the
business, discuss and acquaint ourselves with the
responsibilities and functions of both parties and
appropriate shares accordingly. But as a result of the
urgency of this operation I have decided to contact
you by mail to hear from you first before planning on
the next line of action.
My Name is Mrs Keelf, I am vault Manager with a
security company here in England. This transaction if
handled with outmost care and secrecy will be
successfully concluded within 17 days. In the year
2000 before the beginning of the American led
Coalition war in Iraq, a deposit of a consignment was
made here in our company by three wise men.
This deposit was made by Hussein personally and
no one in my office at this moment knows that this
consignment belongs to him only me and the one other
Computer Lodgment officer in our company. We have
tried to investigate the content of this box and found
out that the consignment contains money and in cash,
worth US$8,000.000.00 (Eight Million Dollars),
No one else in our office knows about the content and
the owner of this consignment as this was declared as
family valuables.
We have decided to find who this people are since
they have not been any claims now for the past 5 years.
Hence we are looking for a trust worthy person
internationally who bear the same last name with him
to come forward and make this claims as a next of kin.
I will make necessary arrangements for the change of
ownership of this consignment to anybody name who is
willing to work with us within 10 working days of
receipt of the information, we will need from you, we
will do the change of ownership, please note that this is 100%
risk free and we need to work together to make this happen.
If this proposal meets your interest please get back
to me immediately by: vankeelf@hotmail.co.uk email
giving me your your complete address to enable me give
to you further details on how we have planned to carry
this operation smoothly. however you will be entitle to
40% of the total sum
Your urgent response waited
Yours faithfully
Mrs. Keelf
ENGLAND
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