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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: paul cola <pp12cola@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrpaulcola@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 13:17:32 +0200
Subject: READ CAREFULLY
READ CAREFULLY I AM MR.PAUL COLA,THE BANK MANAGER OF ECO BANK PLC, ENUGU BRANCH NIGERIA.I PICKED INTEREST ON YOU AFTER GLANCING THROUGH YOUR SHORT PROFILE,I DEEMED IT NECESSARY TO DISCLOSE THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE TO YOU.
I WILL LIKE TO DO A VERY BRIEF BUSINESS WITH YOU, THERE IS A DORMANT ACCOUNT IN MY BANK WITH A CREDIT BALANCE OF USD 95,700,000) WHICH HAS BEEN DORMANT SINCE 2003. ON MY FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I DISCOVERED THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT DIED ALSO ON 2003 IN A PLANE CRASH AND THAT HE LEFT NO NEXT OF KIN TO THE ACCOUNT,READ MORE STORIES ABOUT THE CRASH VISITING THIS WEBSITE:www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/ WHAT I NEEDED FROM YOU IS TO STAND IN AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE ORIGINAL BENEFICIARY. AND THEN MY POSITION AS THE BANK BRANCH MANAGER GIVES CLEARANCE FOR ONWARD REMISSION OF THIS FUND INTO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY. KIND REGARDS,MR.PAUL COLA.htt://www.ecobank.com
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