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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?james=20john?= <james1004john@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:06:34 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: My dear friend,
J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : james1004john@yahoo.fr
My dear friend,
So far so good, I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the co-operation of a new partner from Japan.
Presently I’m in Japan for investment projects with my own share of the total
sum. Meanwhile, i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.
Now contact my secretary in Cotonou Benin Republic his name is mrs benita
james,on telephone number +229 93 99 51 80 and mail: kkenene@myway.com) ask
him to send you the total $800,000.00 bank draft which i raised in your favor
for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in
this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free
and get in touched with my secretary mrs benita james, and instruct him where
to send the bank draft to you.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy
after all the sufferness at that time.
In the moment, I’m very busy here because of the investment projects which me
and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded
instruction to the secretary on your behalf, so feel free to contact him now to
enable him send your money to you without any delay.
My regards to you and your family,
Mr. Koffi
- james john
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