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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: OKON AND ELIZABETH <okon_elizabeth@centrum.sk>
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:08:22 -0600 (CST)
Subject: HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
FROM OKON AND ELIZABETH
Tel:0022508966711
THIS LETTER MIGHT COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISED SINCE WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY
PREVIOUS CORESPONDENCE.THIS IS AS A RESULT OF THE HELPLESS SITUATION I
FOUND MYSELF INTO. MY NAME IS OKON DANIEL , I AM 19 YEARS OLD BOY ,I GOT
YOUR CONTACT DURING MY SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE, CAPABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY
PERSON THAT CAN ASSIST ME IN THIS DARKEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE. I LOST MY
FATHER, MOTHER AND TWO SISTERS, IN A CAR CRASH WHEN OUR DRIVER WAS
ABOUT TO DRIVE ACROSS THE RAILWAY WITHOUT KNOWING THAT THE TRAIN WAS
ALREADY AT THAT POINT WITH SPEED. I AM ALIVE WRITING YOU BECAUSE I WAS
FORTUNATE TO BE AT HOME WITH MY YOUNGER SISTER (ELIZABETH) AT THE TIME OF
THE ACCIDENT. I AM WRITING YOU NOW FROM OUR CHURCH WHERE I STAY NOW WITH
THE FAMILY OF OUR CHURCH PASTOR. BEFORE MY FATHER'S SUDDEN DEATH, HE
KEPT THE SUM OF US$6,000,000.00 ( SIX MILLION US DOLLARS) IN BANK
HERE.NOW THAT HE IS LATE AND I AND MY ONLY SISTER LEFT BEHIND. I AM
WRITING YOU TO ASSIST US RECEIVE THIS MONEY IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, INVEST
IT IN A PROFITABLE BUSINESS AND RELOCATE US TO JOIN YOU IMMEDIATELY. AS A
RESULT OF INSECURITY OF LIFE AND PROPERTY HERE, I DO NOT WANT TO STAY HERE
ANY LONGER.
I GIVE ALMIGHTY GOD THE GLORY AND THANKS THAT MY FATHER DID NOT DIE
IMMEDIATELY BUT HE DIED AFTER THREE DAYS OF THE ACCIDENT .HE GAVE ME ALL
THIS INFORMATION WHILE HE WAS AT THE HOSPITAL.I WILL BE VERY GLAD IF YOU
CAN ASSIST ME CONTACT THE BANK WHERE MY FATHER DEPOSITED THIS FUNDS ,I AM
READY TO PASS TO YOU ALL THE INFORMATIONS THAT MY FATHER GAVE TO ME ON HOW
TO GET THIS FUNDS OUT FROM THE BANK IMMEDAITELY ONLY IF YOU WILL
PROMISE ME THAT I WILL NOT BE BETRAYED AT THE END, I AM PREPARED TO GIVE
YOU 20% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE.
I AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU .
REGARDS,
OKON AND ELIZABETH.
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