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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: "felix lane"<my_4321@myway.com>
Reply-To: felixlane_01@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 19:15:24 -0500 (EST)
Subject: FROM FELIX LANE
FROM FELIX LANE.Dear Sir,My name is FELIX LANE, I am the operational manager in account management section incharge of credit and foreign bills of one of the prime banks here in NIGERIA. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank who died on Wednesday, July 13, 2005; He was among by London bomb victims identified. You can go through the website, WWW.CNN.COM/LONDONTERROR .His name is JAMIE GORDON, Since his death ,I personally has watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds and no other person knows about this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and until his death he was the manager of his company. The total amount involved is $8,000,000.00 USD [Eight million United States Dollar].Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send to you a details information about the transaction.Respectfully yours,FELIX LANE.
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