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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: "khushab dish" <khushab24@msn.com>
Reply-To: dishkhushab01@netscape.net
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 01:37:56 +0000
Subject: THIS IS URGENT,PLEASE ASSIST.
Greetings in the name of the lord,
I pray that this email reach you in good health and
state of mind.
The contents of this email might prove slightly
unbelievable to you,
but I ask that you peruse through the contents with
uttermost attention
and thorough concentration.
I am Dish Khushab a Pakistani national who worked with
the Zambian
ministry of mines and industry for 35years. I was
recently diagnosed with
esophageal cancer and the doctors have made it
absolutely lucid that
this disease is terminal. The doctors were not exact
about how long I have
to live but I am in the know that the disease has
ravaged my body and
left me at the mercy of endless cocktail of drugs been
administered to
me. The drugs have gone a long
way in alleviating the pains, but I still feel my life
gradually ebbing
away.
My only consolation is that I lived a life worthy of
emulation and good
heartedness; I have touched the lives of thousands of
children and sick
individuals across the world and I wish and hope that
this illness will
not impede the realization of my life time dream and
ambition of
expending my resources and time towards helping the
less privileged and
opportune world over.
I acquired a considerable sum of money through my
resourcefulness and
effectiveness through the duration of my stay in
zambian. These monies
are currently lodged in a finance institution in
Europe. I am
desperately in need of your assistance and guidance in
the dispatch of these
monies for the sole purpose of ameliorating the
suffering of thousands of
sick, poor and down trodden individuals ecumenically.
My desperation has
been pushed to the limit
particularly now that the financial institution has
issued me an
ultimatum to either procure these monies or have it
confiscated or rendered
unserviceable. This ultimatum was prompted by the fact
that the time
schedule upon which these monies were deposited with
the finance
institution in Europe will elapse in three weeks.
I lost my wife and two kids in a plane crash two years
ago. I do not
have any existing family member to my knowledge to
assist me in procuring
these monies before the stipulated time. I established
this contact
with you solely out of need and desperation,
communication with you was
completely fortuitous and serendipitous.
I will ask that you inform me of your decision to
assist or decline,
please ensure that you make your decision based on
nobility and humanity.
Your assistance will remain forever invaluable and
beneficial to
thousands of children across the world.
Best Regards,
Dish Khushab
NB: I will ask that you respond to this email
immediately
as time is of the essence and Please send all
correspondence to
dishkhushab01@netscape.net
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