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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: edward jones <fromanteterroristoffice@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: barristerlaminekofi03@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:40:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: with best regards,
ATTN:
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting
those funds transfered under the cooperation of a new
partner from Paraguay.
Presently i m in South Korea for investment projects
with my own share of the total sum.meanwhile,i didn't
forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
transferring those funds despite that it failed us somehow.Now contact barrister lamine kofi in GHANA with his email address is barristerlaminekofi03@yahoo.co.uk ask him to send you the total $5million us dollars which i kept for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.i appreciated your efforts at that time very much,so feel free and get in touched with the barrister lamine kofi,and instruct him where to send the amount to you.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so
that we can share the joy after all the sufferances at
this time,in the moment, i m very busy here because of
the investment projects which me and the new partner
are having at hand, finally,remember that i had
forwarded instruction to the barrister lamine kofi on your behalf
to receive those money,so feel free to get in touch
with barrister lamine kofi.to send the amount to you without
any delay.
with best regards,
Mr. Edward Jones
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