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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: Miss Maria Bahie <bahiem@indiatimes.com>
Reply-To: bahiemar@k.ro
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 22:39:12 -0800
Subject: Please save my life
DEAR BELOVED,
I am MISS MARIA BAHIE and am 26 years of age. I happen to be the only
Surviving daughter/child of LATE MR. PATRICK BAHIE.
I have decided to contact you over a desperate and pitiable situation in
which I find myself after loosing my parents and siblings to the civil
crises in my country. I am left alone in the world.
I must inform you that most of my our familys assets and funds were
either looted or vandalized by my fathers business partners and
governments authorities.
At the moment, I need your cordial assistance in receiving a fund worth of
US$18M. This fund was deposited by my late father as family belongings
with a private security firm.
I would need your assistance in receiving and investing this funds as well
as helping me in obtaining traveling documents to your country or any
other western country to enable me finish my education.
I am ready to provide you with all the relevant information related to
this deposit including all documents.
Again, my whole life will be a mess if nothing is done urgently to receive
this funds as all my livelihood now lies on this funds. Please in any way
you can be of help to me do as you will not only help me as a person
rather you will be helping humanity in general.
Furthermore, I will be looking forward to your quick response to this
effect as I will welcome your suggestions on way forward including your
conditions of assistance.
More so, I have decided to compensate your much needed assistance with 20%
of the total sum while any expenses you will incur in the course of the
transaction will be refunded as soon as the business is done.
Be informed that, I am doing things on my own for now and I do not see any
form of risk in the transaction as long as we will continue this
transaction between us at least until I travel out from these wicked
people.
I will wait for to hear from you as soon as possible.
Regards,
Maria Bahie
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