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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: "galadyakub@eparsnip.com" <galadyakub@eparsnip.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 09:28:47 +0100
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY IN BENIN
Dear Friend,
To God be the glory,
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund of the $10.5 musd
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay.
Presently i'm in UK for investment projects with my own share of the total
sum.Meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how, due to lack of
funds, Now contact my secretary his name is mr.sam okeke.
Email address is samokeke200@yahoo.co.uk
ask him to send you the CHEQUE of total sum $800.000 usd which i kept for
youas a compensation for all the past efforts and attempts you made to assist
me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. so feel
free and get in touched with my secretary mr sam okeke and instruct him
where to send the amount to you.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy
after all the problems at that time. Please quote my name in your mail to
Mr.sam okeke at the moment, Im very busy because of the investment projects
which me and the new partner are having at hand,finally,remember that I had
forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that
money,so feel free to get in touch with Mr.sam okeke, he will send the amount
to you without any delay.
Regards,
ALHAJI GALADIMA YAKUBU
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