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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: joe william <joe_william_attorneys@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 00:13:18 -0800 (PST)
Subject: urgent reply
From Joe Williams
+27-72-030-3768
Dear
I have a client who wants to invest in your country to the tune of US$20.5M{Twenty Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollar}. My client is an
associate to late Dr.John Garang, the late Vice President of Sudan who was recently died in a helicopter crash.
If you can handle such a huge investment{s}as the death of Dr.John Garang has harged the political atmosphere in Sudan, we would want you to consider my client's sacurity utmost, thereby to avoid anything that will jeopardise or enrisk him in this transaction.Kindly get back to me as soon as possible if you feel capable, so that the details of the business will be revealed to you as we proceed, for example the investment plans, contract agreement, etc. I am waiting for your immediate responds to this if you are willing.
Regards,
Joe Williams
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