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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: "Mrs Amela Lawson" <amelalaw_01@yahoo.es> (may be fake)
Reply-To: amelalaw@yahoo.es
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:34:53 +0100
Subject: HELLO FRIEND!!!
Hello Friend,
My name is Mrs. Amela Lawson. I am a dying woman who has decided to donate what I have to charity through you.You may be wondering why I chose you. But someone has to be chosen.I am 59 years old and was diagnosed for cancer about 2 years ago,years after the death of my husband who had left me everything he worked for.I have decided to donate from what I have inherited from my late husband to charity through you for the good work of humanity,rather than allow my relatives to use my husbands hard earned funds inappropriately.
I am presently in Spain waiting for an operation and praying that I
survive. I have decided to WILL/Donate the sum of US$6.3 Million (Six
Million, Three hundred thousand united state dollars) of my husband
investment in to charity through you for the good work of humanity, and to help the motherless,less privileged and also for the assistance of the
widows. At the moment I cannot take any telephone calls, due to the fact that I have been restricted by my doctor from taking telephone calls
because I deserve all the rest I can get before the operation.
Presently,I have informed my lawyer about my decision in WILLING this
fund to charity through you. I wish you all the best of luck, and please
use the funds well as I want it to be a seed i have sown and always
extend the good work to others.If you are interested in carrying out this
task,i will inform my Family Lawyer so that he can arrange the release
of the funds to you. You may wonder, why dont i call the the many
charity group and donate the fund to them, that is the more reason i have contacted you, there is a little logistic work to be done, and it
involves direct dealing with the bank and providing the necessary logistics for the transfer of the fund before the final donation, for this reason and owning to the fact that my health is bad to carry out all this i
have deceided to contact you, in reward, you shall take 20% of the fund
while the rest will be donated to various charities.
NB: I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until
the task is accomplished,as I dont want anything that will Jeopardize
my last wish, due to the fact that I do not want relatives or family
members standing in the way of my last wish. If you are wiling to help in this course kindly reply to this email to enable my lawyer contact you.
Love,
Amela Lawson
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