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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: "alfred Ubana" <alci@aerworld.net>
Reply-To: alfubana@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:20:17 +0000
Subject: Good Day
Hello,
I am sincerely calling on your attention perhaps you could be of help to an
oppressed widow and her two daughters in my community. Her husband was
politically assassinated early this year and since then she has been treated
so badly by her husband's relatives as they have virtually taken over the
management of all her husband's assets in Sudan without considering her
situation. Fortunately for her, she received a parcel two weeks ago from DHL
courier service on behalf of her husband and the content of the parcel was
an official statement from a foreign bank to her husband regarding his
deposit valued at US$6.4million with the bank. She officially contacted the
bank informing them of her husband's death and her intension to claim the
money being his next of kin.
Due to the ill-mannered treatment she is receiving from her in-laws, she
refuses to inform
them about the message from the bank. She rather called my attention to seek
for an individual in your country that will represent her in claiming the
money since she doesn’t want her in-laws to be aware of it. She wants
to relocate from Sudan to an environment where she can be able to utilize
the money freely without interrogation from her in-laws.
Actually, I do not know how you will feel about this letter since I do not
have past contact with you. However, if you find it necessary to assist her,
she is willing to reward you greatly once the money is safeguarded in your
bank account. Kindly let me know what your thoughts are so that we can have
an intense discussion in this regard. Sincerely Yours. Alfred Ubana.
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