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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: odili m <odili4@hotmail.fr>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:20:20 +0100
Subject: CONTACT HIM RIGHT AWAY
Dear friend,
Have you contacted my secretary like i told you to do ?.If you have not contacted him yet just do it right away.Ask him to send you the total sum of $950,000..00.Nine hundred and fifty thousand US dollars in a bank draft, which I kept for your compensation. Contact him on this email .(austy_chin@yahoo.fr ) his name is mr Augustine. God has done it, i have finnal got that fund. Give him your informations as below:
1. FULL NAMES;............................2. ADDRESS:..................................3. SEX:.............................................4. AGE;............................................5. MARITAL STATUS:.................6.OCCUPATION:..........................7. E-MAIL ADDRESS:.................8. TELEPHONE NUMBER:........9. FAX:NUMBER.........................10.CITY:........................................11.STATE . :...................................12.COUNTRY:.............................Still remain your bossom friend.
Yours FaithfullyMr ODILI M.
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