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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?Mr=20robert=20Grahalam?= <robert_grahal5@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: robert_grahalam2001@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 00:04:03 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: dear friend,read and contact me.
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: robert_grahal5@yahoo.co.uk
- Dear Friend,I am Mr. Robert Jonathan Grahalam (Jr), an attorney at law, a deceased client of mineBy name Mrs. Elizabeth De Groet, who herein after shall be referred to as my Client, died as the result of Tsunami incident in Indonesia. I am Contacting you to help assist me in ensuring that the funds lodged by my Client with her Financial and Security Firm is not declared unclaimed Hence my reason for contacting you. This Financial Firm has issued me a Notice to contact the next of kin or the account will be confiscated. My Proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the Next-of-kin hence the original next of kin of my late client also had Died along side with him on that faithful morning, my effort to get him a next of kin has since been proving difficult. No relatives or friends Could be traced for the claim of the said fund, as the beneficiary you Will have all access to make claim of the funds, Then we shall discuss how We can use the fund to help the ne!
edy on a based Charity programmed also for investment.We plan on giving help to earthquake victims in countries like India,Pakistan or any other country afflicted with a natural cause disaster.All legal documents to back up your claim as my client's next-of-kin Will be issued to you. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us See this transaction through. This will be executed under a legitimate Arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. If this proposition offends your moral values, do accept my apology, and ignore this mail. However if you are willing to assist me in this cause I will establish a Verbal telephone communication with you and bring you into a much better Picture of the situation.Best Regards,Mr. Robert Jonathan Grahalam(Jr)PLEASE SEND YOUR RESPONSE TO:robert_grahalam2001@yahoo.co.uk and I shall get back to you as soon as possible you may also write your telephone number and i will call immediately .P.s: the amount of the said fu!
nds is approximately $35.5 million Us Dollar.
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