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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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From: mary markcosmodo <mary_markcosmodo@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:00:38 -0800 (PST)
Subject: urgent pls
Dear VICTIMNAME
Greetings in the name of God,Pls let this not sound strange to you for
my only surviving lawyer who would have done this died early this
year.i
prayed and got you email id from your countrys chambers of commerce
which i
have been with my late huband Mark cosmodo and liked to visit once more if God will
in
his infinite mercies.
I am Mrs.Mary Markcosmodo,I am 58 years old,i am deaf and suffering from a
long time cancer of the breast which also affected my brain,from all
indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite
obvious
that,
according to my doctors they have advised me that i may not live for
the next two months,this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a
very
bad stage. I was brought up from a motherless babies home was married
to my
late husband for twenty years without a child ,died in a fatal motor
accident, Before his death we were true Christians. Since his death I
decided not to re-marry,I sold all my inherited belongings and
deposited all the sum of $18.5million dollars with a Security
Company.Presently,
this money is still with them and the management just wrote me as the
true
owner to come forward to receive the money for keeping it
so long or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to
receive it on my behalf since I can not come over because of my illness
or
they
get it confisticated.
Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have been
undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs. I have since lost my
ability
to
talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to
live.It is
my
last wish to see that this money is invested to any organisation of
your
choice and distributed each year among the charity organization,the
poor and
the motherless babies home where i come from.I want you God fearing,to
also
use this money to fund churches, orphanages and widows, I took this
decision, before i rest in peace because my time will soon be up. As
soon
as I
receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Security
Company.
I will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you as
the new beneficiary of my fund. Please assure me that you will act
accordingly
as I stated herein. Hoping to hearing from you soon.
Waiting for our reply
Yours in Christ,
Mrs Mary Markcosmodo
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