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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: "tim maccarron" <tim.maccarron@klikni.cz>
Reply-To: maccarront@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 13:12:40 +0100
Subject: impertive matter respond.....
FROM: Mr.Tim McCarron.
Greetings ,
I am a Fund Manager with Fidelity Investment UK 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$18M 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. There is no risk attached
and the funds in question can never be dictated or traced.
Our sharing ratio is 50:50.If you are interested,
please send your direct telephone
numbers for
discussion
of this deal in further details.I am counting on your sense
of confidentiality,as it is my desire that you keep this
business to
yourself.Anticipating to hearing from you.
Best Regards,
Mr.Tim McCarron.
www.fidelity.co.uk
N.B:Reply to the following email
address:maccarront@yahoo.com<address%3Amaccarront@yahoo.com>
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