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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: "John P" <john_pascal007@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: john_pascal@ny.com
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 04:02:47 -0800
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED
>From The Desk Of Mr John Pascal
Contractor , Chevron Oil Company ,
London ,UK ,
Email: john_pascal@ny.com
My Dear Friend ,
I'm Writing you based on the solid information I
gathered about you in the email
database.Please don't be surprise that am writing you
, because your email and contacts are in the database
mentioned above,perhaps my reason for contacting you
is:
I want you to keep this transaction a secret until my
plans are fully executed depending on your willingness
to partner with me in this viable investments of mine
in your country.I want you to treat this transaction
am about to have with you with utmost secrecy ,
honesty and seriousness and promise that you will not
in anyway betray the confidence and trust I have in
you as I am about to introduce you to a business that
will change your life and status , thereby making you
rich If only you accept to be by my side.
My Name is Mr John Pascal And I 'm a Contractor to
Chevron Oil company , a multi national co-operation
operating in London Uk. Am seeking your assistance to
transfer the sum of Twenty Five million Great Britain Pounds(25,000,000 GBP) into an overseas account , maybe
in your country or any other place in the world .This
Money was realized in the just completed contract
awarded to our company by the British Government here
in UK , and I want to secretly move this money
out of Uk for my private investment in Real
Estate or any other viable investments you can
introduce me to in your country or any other place.I
Really want you to be my partner in this transaction
because I want it to be a joint (partnership) business
between you and I .
My Reason for this is not far fetched , as Am a victim
of Racism and segregation in the company I have been
working selflessly for the past 25 years. I have been
cheated out of my entitlements for too long simply
because am not a British , hence I have decided to
move away from the company and United Kingdom because of this. I
have made up my mind to move my family out of UK
as soon as this money is transferred into your bank
account for this investments and have vowed never to
step back to Uk again in my entire lifetime. If
only you can help me to get this money transferred
into your bank account, I promise to give you 30%
share of this money while 60% will be mine , and 10%
will be for any kind of expenses you might incure
during this transaction.
Please I need your urgent response to this letter
before my plans to leave UK is discovered . Right
now the safest means of correspondence is via my
private email: john_pascal@ny.com, till I get a special
phone line in which only you and I could talk.
Please, in the interest of Confidentiality,reply only
to my private email address for now. In your reply,
send me your personal information:Your Full names and
Address,Telephone and fax Numbers for Communications
and Your bank Account numbers , where this funds could
be transferred to.
Please make haste as there is no time for delay and
time is running out on me.
Best Regards,
Mr John Pascal
Chevron Oil Cooperation,
London, Uk.
Email: john_pascal@ny.com
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