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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: maria akim <mariaakim_02@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 09:50:49 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear Friend
Dear Friend
I am Mrs Maria Sara Akim from Phillippine, the only wife to Mr Akim Rommel,Phillipine Cocoa importer who died in the Plane Crash during his business trip to Benin:http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html
I inherited a total sum of $12 million dollars from my late husband, as the next of kin to my late husband The presure from my decease husband's family for this money has made me to transfer the Mettalic Package Containing the Money to a Security & Delivery company in Cote D'ivoire Registered as Maria's Valuables.
This means that the company does not know the content of this Package that was transfered from Phillipines to Cote D 'ivoire.
I am interested to invest this fund with your company and I am interested to invest in your country .
kindly forward all your companys activities to me for immediate decission on the investment program,before I will make your name available to the security Company in Cote D'ivoire as my partner/Beneficiary of the Maria's Valuables. For your urgent reply,send to :mariaakim@mail.ru
Anticipating your immediate reply.
Best regards,
Mrs Maria S.Akim.
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