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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: Loterie Fondation <loteriefondation36@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:47:20 +0100 (CET)
Subject: DEAR FROM MISS JOY WILLIAMS
DEAR,
I AM MISS JOY WILLIAMS FROM IVORY COAST AND I AM CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE I NEED YOUR HELP IN THE MANAGEMENT OF A SUM OF MONEY THAT MY LATE FATHER LEFT FOR ME BEFORE HE DIED.THIS MONEY IS USD 6.7 MILLION AMERICAN DOLLARS AND THE MONEY IS IN BANK HERE.
MY FATHER WAS A VERY RICH COCOA FARMER AND HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS COLLEAGUES AND NOW I WANT YOU TO STAND AS MY GUIDIAN AND APPOINTED BENEFICIARY AND RECEIVE THE MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY SINCE I AM ONLY 22 YEARS AND WITHOUT PARENTS.
SO THAT I WILL TELL GIVE ALL THE INFORMATION. SO THAT THIS MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERED TO YOUR ACCOUNT SO THAT YOU WILL GET ME PAPERS TO COME TO YOUR COUNTRY TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION THERE.I AM WILLIANG TO OFFER YOU 25% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS COMPERSATION. CONSIDER THIS AND GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
JOY WILLIAMS
REPLY ME WITH THIS BOX williamsjoy89@yahoo.com
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