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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: margery mag <margery_121@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 06:52:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HELLO ............................
Dear friend,
My names are Margery Okadigbo,
The wife of the former senate president of the federal republic of Nigerian, who died in active service,
I saw your email contact on the Internet, I am contacting you because of my late husband deposited treasure in London UK,
I want you to assist me in getting this treasure out because of my position in the country,
I understand that there is a lot of crime in the world as a result of this kind of business, but I am assuring that you have nothing to lose in this business; I am going to introduce you to a financier/investor, who will finance these transactions if needs be,
Please note I am not just looking for anyhow person, but needs your kind and honest assistance to this, I will give you all other necessary details on this,
Thanks and hope to hear from you,
Regards Margery Okadigbo.
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