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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 uzo" <peter_uzo11@latinmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 08:40:16 +0100 (CET)
Subject: contact my secretary
Dear Friend,
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I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transfe=
rred under the cooperation of a new partner from London. Presently i'm =
in London for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. m=
eanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in=
transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.=20
=20
Now contact my secretary in Nigeria his name Mr Ifeanyi Onuora. on=20
(ifeanyionuora19@yahoo.com) ask him to send you the cheque of $900.000.=
00 which i kept for you as a compensation for all the past efforts and =
attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at tha=
t time very much. so feel free and get in touched with my secretary Mr =
Ifeanyi and instruct him where to send the cheque to.
=20
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share t=
he joy after all the sufferness at that time. in the moment, I=92m very=
busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new part=
ner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruct=
ion to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free=
to get in touch with Mr Ifeanyi , he will send the cheque to you witho=
ut any delay.=20
=20
Regards,
Dr peter Uzo
447031848258
Un 2007 de Ins=F3lito, Deporte, Cine o Belleza... =A1Feliz Navidad! htt=
p://pan.starmedia.com/especiales/navidad07/portada/index.html
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