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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: "MOHAMMED KHALIFA" <mohammed_khalifadxb@luxmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 13:10:30 +0400
Subject: PLEASE URGENT AND SINCERE ASSISTANCE
MY NAME IS .MOHAMMED KHALIFA, FROM PALESTINE. I WORKED WITH THE REGIME
OF YASSER ARAFAT AS HIS SECRET PESONAL ASSISTANCE. WE HANDLE ALL HIS
FINANCIAL PLANS AND OTHERS.
SIR I KNOW THE IMPRESSION THE WORLD HAS ABOUT ANY BODY FROM MY COUNTRY
PALESTINE,DURING MY TIME WITH THE FORMER REGIME,I WAS ABLE TO SECRETLY
SECURE THE SUM OF $25.5 MILLION US DOLLARS. WHICH WAS KEPT SAFELY OUTSIDE
PALESTINE VIA A SECRET DIPLOMATIC MEANS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF YASSER
ARAFAT TO A SECURITY FIRM IN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES DUBAI . THE FACT THAT THE FUND IS OUTSIDE
PALESTINE NOW THAT IS MY HAPPINESS, BUT I AM STILL HIDING IN PALESTINE
TRYING TO SEE HOW I CAN GET OUT, SINCE MY BOSS YASSER ARAFAT IS DEAD. I
NEED YOUR URGENT AND SINCERE ASSISTANCE TO HELP ME CLEAR THE MONEY FOR
INVESTMENT PURPOSES TILL I COME OUT OF PALESTINE TO MEET WITH YOU IN YOUR
COUNTRY.
I WILL LET YOU KNOW THE LOCATION AS WELL AS THE DETAILED INFORMATION AS
SOON AS YOU ASSURE ME THAT I CAN RELY ON YOU WITHOUT BEING BETRAYED.
PLEASE FOR SAFETY PURPOSE, IT IS BETTER WE LIMIT OUT COMMUNICATION TO
EMAIL, FOR NOW. YOU ARE GOING TO INVEST THE FUND FOR ME IN YOUR COUNTRY
AND YOU WILL GET 35% OF WHATEVER INVESTMENT WE VENTURE INTO.
I WILL APPRECIATE IF YOU REPLY ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THANKS,
Wasalam,
MOHAMMED KHALIFA
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