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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: "anonym m" <anonym1@amele.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 20:28:11 +0200
Subject: 1st July 2008
1st July 2008
Dear Friend,
I wish you a pleasant day. I am contacting you because of my need to find a
worthy individual to stand-in as the administrator to the estate of my late
client Mr. Bjorn Vorster (An Independent Foreign Investor).
This estate is worth Fifty-four Million Nine Hundred Thousand South African
Rands and I work as an attorney in a law firm of repute in South Africa
which is why I am looking for an individual who can be trusted with the
responsibility of administering his Estate at my instruction. This will be
very rewarding for both parties upon completion since I intend to give you
thirty percent of the total funds for your role. For the record, there is no
surviving relative to Mr. Vorster and I know this as his personal attorney
and close confidant.
I will ensure that the every thing is done within the applicable laws of the
country to guarantee full legitimacy. If you accept, kindly forward your
letter of acceptance so that we can proceed to the next phase. Please reply
to (anonym_234@hotmail.com)
Thank you
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