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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 Sarah Adams" <sarah335335@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 02:57:58 +0100
Subject: Urgent
Tel:+874 763 432 270
Fax:+874 763 432 271
email:sarah335335@walla.com
Attn:Sir/Madam,
How are you and Your Family ? Hope Well. Thats Fine. Pardon me, I know
you dont know me, But this is a Good chance for us to Know each Other. I am
Seeking your Assitance in a Transaction that Involves my Family's. I
have sent a Total of 3 Mails to you in the 3 Days.
I know you must be busy and you might Find it Difficult to reply my
Mails, but if You can give me your Number i can Call you in your Free time.
My
previous Mails contained Information about the Assistance I need for you to
do
for My Family, I am a Widow with Kids and my brother Inlaw Robert. We
are From Angola, I lost my Husband there, which is On Reasons i have
contacted you. We could no Longer Stay in Angola due to some reasons beyond
our
Control.
My Husband a Traditional Ruler, at the Time of His Handing Over the
Post to the Next Man, got Involved in some sort of Mis-understanding that
Cost his Life. We had to leave, It was No Longer safe, Just for the Future
of My Family.We had to Leave for Mauritus to Escape the Pressure and
knowing FullyWell,How hard it was going be for us in Another World, An
Island
in the Indian Ocean. From here we have been trying to Contact you via the
Internet and its not easy. But i have hope we would get Connected to you
some
day.
From Here we have also Managed to radio our Friend and Sympathizers
back in Angola. With the Help of Richard my Brother Inlaw. We managed to get
some Money to start our lives afresh. Most of the Money are From the Land
Area my Husband Had. Some we sold and some we have Precious Stones Mining
Sites. We had to let all that Go Down the Drain, But we made $25m.
Twenty.Five
Million US Dollars for selling out all we hope on, So i only Hope is this
Funds
too.
We had to lodge the Funds under the Security of a Security Outfit here
in Maurtius, which is our Present Location, we were making arrangements to
contact for Help, So you can Help us in getting this Funds overseas so
we could start a New Life. Please we are Innocent people Trying to make a
Living.We need a change of Enviromrnt because we have seen the Worst here
and For
the Children most especially, I feel they Need to relocate.
With the funds we have managed to raise and your Help, I beleive you
would be saving our Souls. Please dont let us waste away. Imagine, what my
kids could be in Future if they could just reach for that Helping Hand which
you could offer. The Banking System in Mauritius has not joined the
International Banking System, where we can Tranfer this Funds to our desired
destination accounts oveseas. We need someone who we can trust like you on
the
International Level, since we haven,t had the Chance to own foriegn
Accounts. We will
pay For your Services, We will give you a Certain Percentage. I am
willing to give you give you a certain percentage of this fund.
I will be happy if you could serve as our guardian. We live like
refugees here in Maritius, because its not our home, we pray we can work
this
out a quick as possible, so we can eventually have peace. Please its no
longer safe here anymore for me, i don't even know what the future holds for
my kids, they have stopped school for 5 months now. Please try to forward
me a phone number i can reach you so i can give you more details on the
exact role which is required of you for the successfully conclusion of this
transaction's I look forward to your earliest response, Please I need your
help and I
believe with your help my life and that of my family will be safe.Make
sure you respond back to this email address below.
sarah335335@walla.com
Thank You
Madam Sarah.
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