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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: lilian molton <lilian1_1molton@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: lilianmolton1@myway.com
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 02:55:16 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: RELIABLE AND HONEST PERSON
Dear Beloved Friend,
Let me first of all inform you, I got your email address from a mail Directory and decided to mail you for a permission to go ahead.
I am Mrs.LILIAN MOLTON from Holland. I married to Dr.Clement molton a Kenyan who worked with a construction company in Asia for twenty Nine Years before he died in the tsunami disasters, we were married but without Any children. Since his death I decided not to re-marry and presently I am 70 Years old.
When my late husband was Alive he deposited the sum of $10.5M. (Ten Million ,Five Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars) with a Security Company.
Presently this money is still with the Security Company and the management just Wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to receive the money or rather Issue a Letter of Authorisation to somebody to receive it on my
behalf if I cannot come over.
I am presently in the hospital where I have been undergoing treatment Cancer of the lungs in the hospital, I have since lost my ability To talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to Live.
I want a person that is trustworthy that will utilize 90% of this money to fund churches, orphanages and widows around the world but in my name Mrs.lilian molton.
As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the security Company, to wrte to them that you are the next of kin to the fund.
I will also issue you a Letter of Authorisation that will prove you as The new beneficiary of this fund. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated here in and Keep this contact confidential till such a time this funds get to your Custody. This is to ensure that nothing jeopardizes my last wish on Earth.
REPLY ME ALWAYS VIA MY PRIVATE E-MAIL ADS:(lilianmolton1@myway.com)
I await your urgent reply.
God Bless You
Mother. LILIAN MOLTON.
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