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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: "William Balden" <smith_partners@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 21:22:08 +0200
Subject: Re:Fwd: My Passport
Dear Mr. Valdemar,
I am assuring you that this transaction is legal.
You have the copy of my international passport as a proof of the legitimacy
of the whole process. You can hold me responsible if anything goes wrong,
but I am promising you that nothing will ever go wrong.
I am only discharging my functions and you should trust me as your lawyer
not to let you down.
Thanks.
Yours Faithfully,
William Smith Balden (Esq)
Thanks for the reply.
I am still still unsettled.
Confirm to me please: can you verify that your proposal is really
legal?
Can you kindly reply? I look forward to reading something helpful from
you.
Valdemar
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