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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: james tamey <fgklgrlkgfl@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:31:31 -0500
Subject: please read
For your attention. Sequel to your non-response of my earlier letter to you, on behalf of the Trustees and Executors to the Will of my late client. I wish to notify you that I listed you as beneficiary to the total sum of (Twelve Million Eight Hundred Thousand British Pounds) in the codicil,last testament of the deceased. Until his death he was a privatecontractor and a great philanthropist during his lifetime, he died on 9th January 2006 at the age of 68. He was buried on the 3rd of February and although he is a foreigner living and working here, he requested before his death that he be buried here in his words. I therefore reckoned that you could receive this funds as you are qualified by your name identity, all your necessary informations will be passed to the bank which the funds are deposited on your response. In your acceptance of this deal, I request that you kindly forward these informations to me your direct telephone numbers and what you do for a living including your forwarding address to enable me process yourfile for the release of this sum of moneyYours In Service
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