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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: Chukky Taylor <chukky000taylor11@yahoo.it>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:52:52 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Details and guidelines to follow
Dear Friend,
Greetings, I am Chukky Taylor, son to Mrs. Jewel Taylor, i received your email and i will be happy to see your willingness to help my family. The money is deposited in a Security/Finance Company in Overseas as photographic materials. This is a delibrate move for security reasons. I will like to tell you that we do not need much from you to assist us, all we need is for you to stand as our final beneficiary to receive and claim our safety deposit boxes presently lodged abroad with the security/finanacial firm. I will like us to proceed by you providing your complete mailing address, Your compltete names, phone and fax number and any identification of yourself. I will use this information to prepare all necessary documents of claim and forward it to the Security/finanacial institution abroad and attach copies to you. You will then contact the finanacial institution as our final beneficary to receive and claim the Consignment on our behalf.
You will be required to make a trip abroad and meet with the Security/financial firm officials, as an associate of our's who work in the Security/Finance Company will assist you to finalize the transaction upon your arrival. Or on the alternative a shippment of the Consignment containing cash us$20 million will be made by the Security/financial firm to your location at your door step upon your request, the Consignment will be Delivered/escourted by one of their diplomatic personel working with the Security/financial firm abroad. He will call on you with your phone as soon as he arrive your Country from the airport.
We have decided to give you 20% of the total content in the safety deposit boxes. Presently we are in asylum, all our family bank account and wealth has been freezed by the present Government and as such you will take care of any expenses concerning your trip and the completion of this project.
As soon as you received the safety deposit boxes, I will give you the combination number to open the boxes as soon as it is delivered to you. Please make sure this is strictly confidential at all time. I am doing this with trust and fear of God. There is no risk invovle in this project.
I await your response before moving further to discuss. It will take 5 working days to complete this project.
Yours Truly
Chukky Taylor
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