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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?Max=20Paddy?= <max_paddy11@yahoo.com.au>
Reply-To: max_paddy@globalum.com
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 14:13:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: LETTER OF INTENT
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: max_paddy11@yahoo.com.au
LETTER OF INTENT
FROM THE DESK OF
DR. MAX PADDY
Alternate Email:: maxpaddy@terra.com.mx
Dear Sir/Madam.
REQUEST FOR PARTNERSHIP: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT!
My name is Dr. Max Paddy, a 50 year old British born
citizen. I head a Seven-man Tenders Board Committee
in charge of contracts Award, Vetting,Evaluating and
payments,I am a managing director of Shell Petroleum
in (Africa).
Your name came highly recommended hence I am contacting
you for an Urgent business proposal (please my apologies
for reaching you through this manner).The purpose of this
letter to you is to simply ask your hand in partnership
towards the transfer of funds to the tune of US$35,500M
equivalent (Thirty-Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars), into a foreign account that
you will provide.
The funds are ready and with your unalloyed cooperation
the source of the funds will be made genuine and legitimate,
then the transfer is a 100% hitch-free,timely and totally
legitimate too. Needless to say, you don't have entertained
any fear as I am quite conversant with all laws governing
money transfer or money laundering of any sort.
We have designed this transaction in such a way that we
shall be successful and its proceed, we shall enjoy with
absolute peace of mind even after the successful completion
of it all. Also, if you follow my instruction accordingly
and promptly, we have design this transaction to meet with
at the most 10-21 banking days from the receipt of what I
will require of you.
At this time I can not divulge further information regarding
this proposal until there exists an understanding and trust
between us for security reasons.But after receiving this
mail and have perused through it and you are
interested,please do respond back via my private email:
maxpaddy@terra.com.mx , ONLY! If otherwise, please
do regard this as trash and treat as such and my sincere
apologies for contacting you at all.
On the other hand, should this proposal meet your interest
we have decided to give you a negotiable percentage from
the entire sum, hoping that this will be satisfactory.
Thank you for your much anticipated urgent response.
Respectfully,
Dr. Max Paddy
Alternate Email: maxpaddy@terra.com.mx
- Max Paddy
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