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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: mike cane <mike_cane200@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 10:16:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: SEEKING FOR HELP
ATTEN;
Greetings in the name of thy lord,i am Mike Cane from liberia.i am twenty years old,i herited a trunck box that worth ($8.2) million u s dollar from my late mother who was kill in my country crisis,presently i am in ghana with the trunck box i kept it in a pastor place and he didnt know what is inside expt me,sir i am seeking for a foreign beneficiary that will help me invest this money in your country for you to buy a living house for me and also invest the money for me.i promise given you 30% percent of the money as soon as i come to your country,
RGD
Mike Cane,
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