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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: "Abu Marwa" <abmarwa1@fastwebmail.it>
Reply-To: abumarwa112@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:17:06 -0700
Subject: LETS CLAIM THIS FUND TOGETHER(URGENT REPLY)
OCEANIC INTERNATIONAL BANK PLC,
OZUMBA MBADIWE AVENUE,
VICTORIA-ISLAND,
NIGERIA.
I AM SEEKING FOR YOUR COOPERATION TO PRESENT YOU TO MY BANK AS THE NEXT OF
KIN TO LATE MR RICHARD PETERSON, A FOREIGN CONTRACTOR WITH NIGERIAN NATIONAL
PETROLEUM COOPERATION (NNPC):SO THAT THE SUM OF FOURTEEN MILLION TWO HUNDREN
THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLAR(14.2MILLIONS USD) WILL BE PAY TO YOU AS THE
BENEFICIARY.
WE ARE TO SHARE THIS MONEY BETWEEN OURSELVES (I AND YOU) IF YOU ARE REALLY
INTERESTED IN THIS OFFER,FOR FURTHER EXPLANATION PLEASE CONTACT ME THROUGH
THIS EMAIL ADDRESS: abumarwa112@gmail.com
BEST REGARDS,
MR.ABU MARWA.
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