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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: "ali muhammed" <ali_muhammed66@msn.com>
Reply-To: alimuhammed45@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 02:04:21 +0000
Subject: CONTACT MR ALI URGENT
FROM: MR ALI MUHAMMED
CREDIT BANK BENIN
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO
Dear Friend,
This message might meet you in utmost surprise however,it's just my urgent
need for foreign partner that made me contact you for this transaction
I am a banker by profession from Benin Republic in west Africa and
currently holding the post of Foreign Remmittance Director in our bank
Burkina Faso office .
I have the opportunity of transfering the left over funds $8.6 million of
one of my bank client deceased customer who died in the plane crash AF4590
at Hotelissimoto on 31st july,2000 to any foreign account .
You can confirm the genuiness of the deceased death by clicking on this
web site :http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html
Hence,i am inviting you for a business deal where this money can be shared
between us in the ratio 60/40 if you agree to my business proposal.
Eagerly waiting for your response.
MR ALI MUHAMMED
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