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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: "Williams Goodluck" <wiagoods@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: mr.williamsgoodluck@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:55:36 +0100
Subject: Read carefully and reply
Hello,
May I respectfully invite your kind attention, We have Twelve Million Two
Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars(US$12.2M) which accrued overtime from
deliberately inflated contract awarded in my Ministry and executed by a
consortium of multinationals in the Oil Industry the fund shall be paid to
you through our operating bank where it is presently deposited as soon as
the legalization process is concluded in your name.
I have concluded every arrangement to ensure that you receive the funds
successfully as the contractor that executed the contract. I will give you
more information as soon as you indicate your willingness to assist in this
transaction.
After successful conclusion of this transaction, we shall share the money
80-20 (20% for you and 80% for me).
I await your good response today.
Thanks for your co-operation.
Mr. Williams Goodluck,
Director, Debt Reconciliation Committee.
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