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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: kasa collins <kasacollins_18@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <kasacollins@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 07:53:20 -0600
Subject: Good Day
Good Day
My name is Mr.Kasa Collins, I am the Accountant of the Late Mrs.Stella Obasanjo the wife of the Nigerian immediate past President Olusegun Obasanjo. Mrs. Stella Obasanjo just died on the early hours of Sunday 23rd October 2005 in a hospital in Spain where she went for a surgicaloperation. I and late Mrs Stella Obasanjo traveled to Spain with the sum of USD21,600,000.00 CASH, covered with Diplomatic Immunity for Investment purpose before her sudden death, we deposited the money with a Finance Firm for safe keeping. I am the accountant handling all the late president wife financial matters. The documents of these funds deposit are on my position so I seek assistance to get the funds out of her family,Her family does not know of these funds including the former president. I here by seek your consent and trust so we can complete this transaction as soon as possible and you will get 20% from the total sum and 5% set aside to settle expenses that will be incurred in the course of the transaction. Please respond back with your full contact information if you are willing to assist me on this transaction. View web site bellow for obituary of late Mrs.Stella Obasanjo.
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/23/obasanjo.obituary/index.html
CordiallyMr. Kasa Collins
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