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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: "frankgrr" <frankgrr@terra.com.mx>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 03:39:55 -0600
Subject: Notification of Bequest. Managing Partner(Hartwig Chambers)



From: Frank Garry, Esq.(For Trustees)
Managing Partner(Hartwig Chambers)
London - United Kingdom.



Notification of Bequest.
On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Engr. Mark
Halligan, I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter was
returned undelivered. I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same email
address on the WILL. I wish to notify you that late Engr. Mark Halligan
made you a beneficiary to his WILL. He left the sum of one Million One
Hundred Thousand Dollars (USD$1,100.000.00) to you in the codicil and
last testament to his will.
This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real and
true. Being a widely travelled man, he must have been in contact with you
in the past or simply you were nominated to him by one of his numerous
friends abroad who wished you good. Engr. Mark Halligan until his death
was a member of the Helicopter Society and the Institute of Electronic
& Electrical Engineers. He was a very dedicated Christian who loved to
give out. His great philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his
life time. Late Engr. Mark Halligan died on the 16th day of May 2006
at the age of 90 years, and his WILL is now ready for execution.
According to him this money is to support your Christian activities and to
help the poor and the needy.

Please if I reach you as I am hopeful, endeavor to get back to me on
this email address [frggry@compaqnet.fr] as soon as possible to enable me
conclude my job. I hope to hear from you in no distant time.
Thank you and God bless you

Yours in His service,
FRANK GARRY, Esq.
Managing Partner

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