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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: "David Blanket" <davidblanket01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: david_blanket@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:06:55 +0000
Subject: From MR.DAVID BLANKET
>From MR.DAVID BLANKET
TELEPHONE:+44-7031845703
FAX NUMBER:+44-2076919597
We are Diplomatic Corp that holds special and valuable
consignments for reputable clients that are honest and
trustworthy.
We work in collaboration with top firms all over the
world as we have earned a name as a service whose
hallmarks in reliability and confidentiality are
revered.
International missions, Diplomats, Embassies of the
world have used our services to satisfaction.
A benefactor has mandated me to get someone that can
assist her and her family in retrieving her package
containing some amount of money from a Diplomatic Corp
in Europe.
The benefactor and her children have been confined
only to their country home and all their calls and
movements are monitored, as a result,its absoultely
impossible for them to do anything as regards
retrieving the money.
Their only means of communication is via internet and
you are being contacted because your assistance is
needed in claiming the funds on their behalf.
The amount was accrued from Diamond sales over a
period of six years and its USD25M (Twenty Five
Million U.S.Dollars).
These funds are fully free of any liens, or
encumbrances and are clean, clear and has no criminal
origin.
The funds have nothing to do with any form of
illegality and all documentations needed to prove the
source of the funds were submitted when the funds were
being deposited and these documents would prove the
source of the funds and authenticate the fact that the
funds are clean and has no links whatsoever with
either drugs or terrorism.
For your assistance in this transaction,the benefactor
and her Children have agreed to give you 30% of the
total amount of money which is equivalent to US$7.5
Million (Seven million,Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) and this role simply entails
retrieving the funds on their behalf from the
Diplomats in Europe and all the information needed to
claim the funds would be sent to you as soon as you
indicate your interest in assisting them as well as
providing the following information to facilitate the
smooth conclusion of the transaction..
1) Your Full Name: ___________________________
2) Your Address:_______________________________
3) Your Telephone Number:________________________
4) Your Fax Number: __________________________
5) Your Mobile Number:_____________________________
6) The Name of the Closest Airport to your City of
Residence:_____________________
I await your response Urgently.
MR.DAVID BLANKET
TELEPHONE:+44-7031845703
FAX NUMBER:+44-2076919597
****PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL*****
This e-mail and any attached files are confidential
and may be legally privileged.
If you are not the addressee, any disclosure,
reproduction, copying,distribution, or other
dissemination or use of this communication is strictly
prohibited.
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