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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: "Kenneth Jones" <kennjones07@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: kennjones07@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 19:39:22 +0000
Subject: Partnership
My Dear,
My name is Mr. Kenneth Jones; I work in a Security Company in Nigerian.
There is a friend of mine who died recently, he lodged some fund cash {for
safekeeping in our company}
He gave me instruction when he was still alive to look for a reliable
foreign partner who can receive the fund on his son behalf, and manage the
fund for him until his beneficiary son leaves the country with the mother
for some security reasons. All l need from you is to assist in receiving the
box that contain the fund as our as the beneficiary until when the real
owner arrives our country. The fund in question is $5 million United States
dollars.
You are required send your full contact information Your full name, Contact
address where the box that contain the fund would be delivered to, and
telephone number for Quiet communication. Your urgent responds is highly
needed for further proceedings.
Kindly help you will be adequately rewarded for assisting.
Best Regards,
Kenneth Jones.
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