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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: koffi john <koffijohn_fg1@yahoo.ie>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 20:28:42 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Get back to me
Dear Schaffer ,
I thank you immensely for finding out time to reply my .My mail to you will be accorded with very legality .I truly appreciate your question .I am a man of integrity and who always want justice to take it course and justice will avail. I cant watch my dignity malign.My late client Mr. Michael Bryan Becken , are not only related on business purposes but he is my friend and we share things in common ,he was a confidant.
I know you may be initially scared and sceptical about this lucrative business offer, just from the blues. Do not worry as I meant well for our benefit. You may or may not relate with the deceased family in question, but for us to consumate this money, I want you to assume this status and act as if you were one. From all investigations and enquiries there was no trace whatsoever of any known living or dead relations of the deceased that could be traced.
I want you to enlist your willing to get along with me in this transaction, lets harness this golden opportunity to better the our lives and that of the less privilegded around us than leaving this money for some corrupt government official to use it enriched their pockets without putting it in a proper venture.
Since you have the same last name with him that automatically makes you the next of kin .I will use my position to ensure a hitch free ransaction and protect you from any breach of inheritance law. The bank officials know me as his friend whom he has given the legal authority to take care of his inventory when he was alive, so i dont envisage any difficulty in this transaction which has manifested from the look of things.
Here is mine information.
TEL: +228 926 3597
FAX :+ 228 222 7047
All I need from you is your truthfulness and follow my lead to see a successful end of this transaction. Furnish me with the following informations.
YOUR FULL NAMES:
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
MARITAL STATUS...............
AGE:
OCCUPATION:
TEL:
FAX.
For any information feel free to ask more questions regarding this.Upon your acceptance, I shall forward to you the CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT for your perusals.
Looking forward to reading from you.
Mr.John Koffi
Schaffer Becken <schaffer8636@mozartmail.info> wrote:
Dear Sir,
The correspondence you sent me is quite amazing.
To be honest I am worried. This recent letter which you sent to me sounds possibly related to an affair which is pretty personal. Where did you learn my information?
Once in a while, I can be quite inattentive about affairs at politics but I appreciate your reply but I have to be frank. I have spent a lot of time perusing your email and I am still unconvinced that I comprehend it all perfectly.
Please do answer. I look forward to read something obliging from you.
Mr Becken
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