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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: "caroline johnnorman" <caroline@johnnorman.org>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:47:07 +0000
Subject: from madam
Dear Greetings in the name of the Lord,
I am Mrs Caroline John Norman from Holland.I am married to Dr.John Norman of
united state who worked with Chevron Texaco as oil consultant/contractor in
Africa for twenty years before he died in the year 2000.We were married for
twenty-seven years without a child. He died during one of the riot in the
Niger delta region .He was held hostage and slain to death by protesting
youths of the region.
Before his death we were both born again christians.Since his death I
decided not to re-marry . When my late husband was alive he made a numbered
time (Fixed) deposited for twelve calendar months, valued at $8m.usd (Eight
Million U.S.Dollars) with account and pin/code number 0130648335800. with a
security financial firm in Europe. Meanwhile, this money is still with the
bank and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to
receive the money or rather issue a letter of authorisation to somebody to
receive it on my behalf Presently,
I am with my laptop in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for
cancer of the lungs. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors
have told me that I have only a few months to live. It is my last wish to
see that this money is invested the proceed at the end of every year
distributed among charity organisation. I want a person that is God fearing
that will use this money to fund churches,orphanages and widows propagating
the word of God and to ensure that the house of God is maintained. The Bible
made us to understand that Blessed is the hand that giveth.I took this
decision because i know that there are a lot of poor people suffering from
different kind of disease and nobody to come to their aid.
With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall
give you the contact of the bank. I will also issue you a letter of
authority that will prove you as the new beneficiary of this fund.You are to
help me invest this funds into real estate and stocks.You will be entitled
to 40% of every profit you make in a year.Please assure me that you will act
accordingly as I stated here in. Hoping to hearing from you soon.Please
reply to this caro_jonorman@yahoo.com
Yours in Christ,
Mrs Caroline John Norman
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