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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: peter nyerere <peter_nyerere5@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: peter_nechi4@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 06:32:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Kindly respond back
MR PETER NECHI
AUDITING DEPARTMENT
TELE: 00228 936 71 53
Dear Friend.
My name is Mr Peter NechiI am the audit manager of one of the prime banks here (name witheld for security reasons).
I have a business proposal in the tune of us$20,500,000.00. (Twenty million, five hundred thousand united states dollars) This fund was discovered as unclaim fund with no tress of owner during my audit at the Bank for the second quater of the year ended june 2007.
After the successful transfer, we shall share in ratio of 50% for you and 40% for me, while 10 percent for the expence that may occur in the transction.
Should it interest you, please contact me through my email or request for my direct telephone number for a more verbal update as to enable us commence all arrangements and I will give you more information on how we would handle this project.
Please treat this business with utmost confidentiality and send me the following.
1 Full names,................................................
2 private phone number.......................................
3 current residential address, ..............................
4 Occupationn......................................
5 Age and Proffession.........................................
Kind Regards,
Mr.Peter Nechi.
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