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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: "Alex Smith" <alexss08@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: alex_smith@portugalmail.pt
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 03:26:24 -0800
Subject: FROM MR. ALEX SMITH.
Dear Sir/Madam,
l am Mr. Alex Smith a personal accountant to one Dr. Jonathan Mann, who died
with his family
in Swissair accident in 1998. The CNN webpage below will tells you more
about
my client;
http://www.cnn.com/health/9809/03/dr.mann.profile
My purpose of contacting you is to ask for your aid in partnership to
repatriate the sum of US $30 million that belongs to my client in a
domiciliary bank account here in United Kingdom.
As soon as I hear from you, I will give you the details/ operational method
on how to repatriate the said THIRTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS into your
bank account for our mutual benefit. While replying, include your phone
number and fax for voice communications.
I really need this money for my wife kidney transplanting operation which
involved huge amount of money. Please help me to to get the money out from
Braclys bank.
My contact email account: alex_smith@portugalmail.pt
Truly yours,
Alex Smith.
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