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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?mike=20jan?= <birget_jan@yahoo.com.au>
Reply-To: mikerose1007@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 15:56:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: GOD BLESS YOU
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: birget_jan@yahoo.com.au
Dear Beloved Friend,
Let me firstof all inform you, I got your email address from a mail
Directory and decided to mail you for a permission to go ahead. I am
Mrs.Birget Mike from Holland. I am married to Mike williams who
worked with a construction company in Asia for twenty Years before he
died in the Tsunami disasters, we were married but without Any
children. Since his death I decided not to re-marry and presently I am
70 Years old.When my late husband was Alive he deposited the sum of
$15.5M. (fifteen million five hundred thousand dollars) with a Security
Company.
Presently this money is still with the Security Company and the
management just Wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to receive
the money or rather Issue a letter of authorization to somebody to
receive it on my behalf if I cannot come over.I am presently in a
hospital where Ihave been undergoing treatment Cancer of the lungs, I
have since lost my ability To talk and my doctors have told me that I
have only a few months to Live.
I want a person that is trustworthy that will utilize 90% of this money
to fund churches, orphanages and widows around the world but in my name
Mrs.Birget Mike. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the
contact of the Security Company. I will also issue you a letter of
authority that will prove you as the new beneficiary of this fund.
Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated here in and
Keep this contact confidential till such a time this funds get to your
Custody. This is to ensure that nothing jeopardizes my last wish on
Earth. I await your urgent reply.
Much christain love,
Mother Birget
- mike jan
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