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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: Mza Ako <ako_mza@live.com>
Reply-To: mzaako@live.com
Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 01:17:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Very Urgent!!!
Dear friend,
My name is Mr. Ako Mza, Attorney to Late Engr. Joseph Garner. I am writing in respect of a foreigner Late Engr. Joseph Garner, who perished in Auto Crash with the whole passengers aboard. Since the dismissal of Engr. Joseph Garner, I personally have watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds of (US$6.5m), [Six Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars] which has been with BANK for a very long time.
On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the next of kin as no one has come up to be the next of kin. And the banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than four years, because money will be recalled to the bank's treasury as unclaimed after this period. In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal if you can stand as next of kin to the deceased. I will give you 40% of the total. Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you by e-mail the next step to take.
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized within seven banking days. When you receive this letter. Kindly send me an e-mail signifying your decision.
Respectfully submitted,
Mr. Ako Mza
Probate and Bequest Division
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