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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: "Frank Peters" <frpets11122@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mfrpets@yahoo.de
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:27:44 +0100
Subject: Mail From Mr.Frank Peters
Mail From Mr.Frank Peters
Contact<mfrpets@yahoo.de>
Dear Sir,
I am Mr. Frank Peters, The Assistant manager, Bills and Exchange at the
Foreign Remittance Department of one of the leading banks in West Africa.
In order to transfer out (Fifteen Million US Dollars) from our bank here,
the owner of this account is Mr Williams barnes foreigner and the manager of
petrol chemical service, A chemical engineer by proffession and he died
since 1999 in air crash.
The air crash website is below:Please confirm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/world/americas/502503.stm
The amount involved is (15,000,000.00) United States Dollars.
I want to transfer this money into a safe foreign account abroad but I don't
know any foreigner, I know that this massage will come to you as a surprise
as we don't know ourselves before, But be sure that it is real and a genuine
business. I believe in God that you will never let me down in this
investment.
Your full contact information phone and fax number, Name will be necessary
for
this effect. Hope to hear from you soonest.
Thanks,
Mr.Frank Peters
NB:Reply to :mfrpets@yahoo.de
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