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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: "Felix Dickson" <felixdickson201@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: felixdickson213@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 11:36:55 +0000
Subject: Hello
Hello
My name is Felix Dickson, I am an artist. I live in United Kingdom, with my
two kids, four cats, one dog and the love of my life. It is definitely a
full house. I have been doing artwork since I was a small child. That gives
me about 23 years of experience. I majored in art in high school and took a
few college art courses.
Most of my work is done in either pencil or airbrush mixed with color
pencils. I have recently added designing and creating artwork on the
computer, and have had my work featured on trading cards, prints and in
magazines.
I have been selling my art for past 3 years, both locally and
internationally, but I find it difficult getting paid by my clients in the
US, as most of them has the only option of paying me either by money orders
or check, of which I am not based in the US and hence it is impossible for
me to cash out the checks or money orders as the cost of flying down to the
states to receive such payments is very expensive, so for me not to loose
my clients in the US, I have decided to strategize a plan by employing
someone in the United States who
will be working as my representative, and hence receive payments on my
behalf, I mean someone that is honest, transparent, responsible and
reliable. And hence, I will be willing to pay 10% for every transaction.
Anyway, I am working on setting up a branch in the states, so for now I need
a representative who will be handling the payment aspect, then along the
line if I find you possessing the above characters, I could make you my
manager once my branch if up the Dallas, Texas.
Like I said earlier, these payments will be coming to you in form of money
orders and checks, they would come in your name, as I will introduce you to
my US customers and hence they will be making payment to me through you, so
your job is just to cash out the money orders or checks, deduct your wage
which is 10% from each payment and wire the rest via western union or
moneygram to me.
Now, for such magnitude of business, the problem I have is trust, but I have
my way of getting anyone that gets away with our money, I mean the FBI
branch in Washington gets involved.
This job wont cost you any amount, u are just to receive payments which will
be sent to u by FedEx or usps from my customers, which would come in form of
a money order or check like I said, then u are to cash it, deduct your wage
which is 10% from each payment you receive and send the balanced to me via
western union money transfer or moneygram money transfer, all transfer fees
should be deducted from my own share of the money after your remove your
10%.
If this job offer is ok by you, then write and let me know you are
interested, and then I will advise you what next to do.
Please get back to me as soon as possible, so that I can enlighten you on
how to proceed.
Compliments!!
Felix Dickson
N/B Endevour to contact me using my private address
(felixdickson2006@yahoo.ca)
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