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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: "s_d_o Gazeta.pl" <s_d_o@gazeta.pl>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 18:07:24 +0200
Subject: CONTACT MR PETER FRANK TODAY YOUR $1.400.000.00
My Dear Friend How Are You Today?
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fundtransferred
under the coperation of a new partner from paraguay Presently i'm in
Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total
sum.meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.
Now contact my secretary,his name is PETER FRANK his email ddress
pe_frank@sify.com ask him to send you the total $1.400.000.00
which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to
assist me in thismatter I appreciated your efforts at that time very much.
so feel free and get in ouched with my secretary and instruct him where to
send the amount to you.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the
joy after all the sufferness at that time. in the moment, i am
very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new
partner are having at hand, finally, Remember that I had forwarded
instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel
free to get in touch with secretary PETER FRANK. and he will send the amount
to you without any delay send your full information to enable him deliver
it to you very urgent.
REGARDS
MR,SAMUEL OKEKE
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