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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: Dr Mike Ben <dr_mikeben247@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 03:26:49 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: ( INVESTMENT PROPOSAL ) I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE
Dear Friend,
I am Dr,Mike Ben, an international business consultant, market and
commodity Broker,an import-export consultant in West African region.
One of my client is interested in investing Millions of Dollars in your
country and he is interested in investing with your company.
kindly forward all your company's profile to me for immediate decision
on the investment programme.
Total amount to be invested= ( $75,000,000,00.usd ) cash.
Immediately I receive your detailed information, I will inform him
about your willinness to champion the project effectively and feed you with his arrangements on how the said fund could reach you.
Anticipating your immediate reply for more details on this private
E-mail: ( dr_mikeben247@yahoo.com )
Best regards,
Dr.Mike Ben.
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