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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: FROM FERNADE <njeanyiba-r@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <fernade@sify.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 16:58:36 +0000
Subject: INWARD INVESTMENT /SEND YOUR DETAILS/REFERENCE
I am Assunção Fernandes, the Chairman of the Finance Committee
on public accounts of the Democratic Republic Of Sao Tome and Principe a small oil rich island off the coast of West Africa), a floating deficit has being
discovered in our account with an European bank and seek to transfer
this money abroad for investment purpose.your person and company are
appreciated to use you to claim the funds as our contractor whom his
payment has being over due and willing to place sum of $35m in
your company as our interest is in companies with potentials for rapid
growth in long terms,please do contact me by for more details for
i am in Europe now for this Purpose.
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