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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: George Ibrehim <georgeibrehim@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 07:07:54 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: A Call For Business Partnership
Dear Sincerely,
(A Call For Business Partnership)
I am Mr.George Ibrehim .got your e-mail contact through my search as a reliable person and I decided to contact you for a business proposal that will be of great benefit to you and me.
To lighten you on this, I will like to invest in your Country/Firm a huge amount of $ 4.2 Million dollars which is an inheritance from my late Father, if you are interested in this project please kindly reply soonest to enable me give you the details.
I will need from you a mutual understanding and then we shall make plans of how the funds would be secured into an account in your Country for our investment legally.
I look forward to your response and in your reply please send me your phone number to enable me call you and discuss with you on phone.
Best Regards
Mr.George Ibrehim ,
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