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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: "Clinton Ego" <clintonego111@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2005 19:13:26 +0000
Subject: GET BACK TO ME PLEASE
Attention : Claim as next of kin
I got your contact in course of my inquiry to locate
Relations of my Deceased Client who died with his
family in a car crash on 13th August 2003. Please
I need your assistance to repatriate the sum of
US$13.5m which my Deceased Client left behind in a
Finance Company. The Account containing this fund
has been dormant since his demise and the Finance
Company is threatening to confiscate the fund as
"Unclaimed Deposit". Rather leaving the fund
confiscated, based on you share the same Last Name
with the deceased.
I seek your consent and assistance to nominate you as
my Deceased Relation under legal process and risk free
to repatriate the fund as I have the jurisdiction as
the Deceased's attorney to testify the Deceased's
Relation for the Claim.Also I have to secure documents
to complete the Transfering of the Fund.
What I require is your willingness to assist me and to
treat the transaction as confidential. Contact me for
further information and commencement of the
transaction. Private Email ( clintonego@mail.com or
clintonego333@yahoo.co.uk )
Yours faithfully,
Barr. Clinton Ego
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