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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: William Macleod <william_macleod1992@yahoo.com.mx>
Reply-To: william_macleod1990@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:33:44 -0600
Subject: From William Macleod
FROM WILLIAM MACLEOD
Fund Manager Fidelity InvestmentUK-Channel Island
www.fidelity-international.com
Hello,
I am a Fund Manager with Fidelity Investment UK-Channel Island
and I handle all our Investor's Capital Project Funds that enables me
to divert 1.2% Investors Excess Return Capital Funds to our Magellan
Trust Funds Account whereby anyone can be presented to claim the
funds. On this note, the total sum of US$22.4m has been diverted
representing the 1.2% Excess Return Capital Funds from the Investor
Capital Project Funds for 2005/2006.I need a reliable and trustworthy
person that can work this deal out with me so that we can claim the
funds as mentioned above.
Meanwhile, I have worked out the strategies and technicalities
whereby the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing Houses
without any hitches. There is no risk attached and the funds in
question can never be dictated or traced. Our sharing ratio is
70:30.If you are interested, please send your direct telephone numbers
for discussion of this deal in further details.
Sincerely.
WILLIAM MACLEOD
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Fidelity Communications Webmail - http://webmail.fidnet.com
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