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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: "melissa pointer" <melissa_pointer011@msn.com>
Reply-To: melissapointer@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 11:20:06 +0000
Subject: Beloved
Dearly Beloved
It is by the grace of God that I received Christ,having known the truth,I
had no choice than to do what is lawful and right in the sight of God for
eternal life and in the sight of man for witness of God & his mercies and
glory upon my life.
I am Mrs.Melissa Pointer the wife of Mr Harry Pointer,my husband worked with
theChevron/Texaco in Kenya for twenty years before he died in the
year2001.We were married for ten years without a child.My Husband died after
a brief illness that lasted for only four days.
Before his death we were both born again Christians. Since his death I
decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the
Bible is against.When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of
US$3.5M.(Three Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S.Dollars) with a Bank in
Europe.Presently,this money is still with the Bank and the management just
wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to sign forthe release of this
money or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on
my behalf if I can not come over.
Presently,I'm in a hospital in Kenya where I have been undergoingtreatment
for sophageal cancer.I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors
have told me that I have only a few weeks to live.It is my last wish to see
this money distributed to charity organizations anywhere in the
World.Because relatives and friends have plundered somuch of my wealth since
my illness,I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge
responsibility to any of them. Please,I beg you in the name of God to help
me Stand and collect the Funds from the Bank.
I want a person that is God fearing that will use this money to fund
churches,orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and to ensurethat
the house of God is maintained. The Bible made us to understand that blessed
is the hand that giveth.I took this decision because I don't have any child
that will inherit this money and my usbandrelatives are not Christians and I
don't want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers.I
don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly
manner.Hence the reason for taking thisbold decision.I am not afraid of
death hence I know where I am going.I know that I am going to be in the
bosom of the Lord.
Exodus{14 VS14}says that the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my
peace.I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my
soundless voice and presence of my husband's relatives around me always.I
don't want them to know about this development. With God all things are
possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give youthe contact of my
attorney who is in Europe as he will be the one to assist you in laying
claims for this funds.
Please reply me through this email;melissapointer@gmail.com
Your Sister in Christ,
Mrs.Melissa Pointer.
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