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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: "peter wallace" <peterwallace101@msn.com>
Reply-To: pwallace47@gawab.com
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 20:01:17 +0000
Subject: Classified-Proposition
HELLO FRIEND,
PLEASE BEAR WITH ME FOR NOW AND DO NOT ASK MY NAME.
WHAT I HAVE MAY BE OF INTEREST TO YOU. IT IS A
BUSINESS PROPOSAL THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO YOU AND
I.
I LIVE IN LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. I AM 51 YEARS OLD AND I
HAVE BEEN WORKING IN A BANK IN LONDON FOR THE PAST 17 YEARS
WHERE I AM PRESENTLY AN ACCOUNTS MANAGER.
I WILL GIVE YOU MY FULL DETAILS ON YOUR REPLY TO THIS
LETTER. MY AIM OF CONTACTING YOU IS TO SOLICIT YOUR
CO-OPERATION AND ASSISTANCE BASED ON ONE OF THE ACCOUNTS UNDER
MY MANAGEMENT
CONTAINING $18.5MILLION (EIGHTEEN MILLION & FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS)
WHICH HAS REMAINED DORMANT FOR THE LAST TWELVE YEARS. THIS ACCOUNT
WAS OWNED BY THE LATE MRS. JOVITA JASMINE CARERRA AND FOLLOWING MY
INVESTIGATION, I FOUND OUT THAT SHE DIED ON MAY 1992 VIA A CAR CRASH
IN THE BAHAMAS AND SHE LEFT NO CHILDREN OR NEXT OF KIN.
I WILL INFORM YOU MORE ON HOW WE CAN GET THE MONEY IN
HER ACCOUNT TRANSFERED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT IF YOU AGREE
TO CO-OPERATE WITH ME ON THIS ON YOUR REPLY TO THIS
MAIL.
I WILL ALSO GIVE YOU MORE PERSONAL DETAILS OF ME AND
THE TRANSACTION ON YOUR REPLY.
PLEASE TREAT THIS AS CONFIDENTIAL, URGENT AND OF
UTMOST IMPORTANCE.
PLEASE RESPOND ONLY VIA: plz_w7@freemail.net.ru
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