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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: "gracephilip22 Gazeta.pl" <gracephilip22@gazeta.pl>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:16:47 +0100
Subject: CONTACTING YOU ABOUT FUND
Dear Friend.
Warmest greetings to you,
I know this letter will definitely come to you as asuprise.I am Dr.Grace
Philip the Auditor General in Natwest Bank London.
During the course of our auditing, I discovered a floating funds in an
account opened in the Bank in 2000 and since 2005
nobody has operated on this account again.
After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that the
owner of the account died without a [heir] So I am soliciting for your
assitance to present you as the next of kin to the decease hence he does not
have some one as his next of kin to inherit this sum of usd$4.1M
In this regards, if you are interested to work with me, urgently get back
to me so that I will give you more informations and how the funds shall be
successfuly transfer to you by the Bank.
I look forward to your reply via my private email address ;
netwestbank.100@googlemail.com
Sincerely.
Dr. Grace Philip
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