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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: "jamesweta_4 Gazeta.pl" <jamesweta_4@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: jamesweta10@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:19:05 +0100
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE!!!
*Hello Dear,*
*Please kindly permit me to introduce myself and this business deal
opportunity to do with you, my name is Mr James Weta, a bank manager.I wish
to know if we can work together. I would like you to stand as the foreigner
who made a huge deposits in my bank.*
*The transfer would be made via swift and it will be a Bank-to-Bank wired
transfer. All I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of
this fund. I will compute your particulars as the person who made the
deposit in my branch, so that my head office will immediately order the
transfer to your designated bank Account.*
*Please indicate If you are interested or not so that I can give you details
on what we are to do, I urgently hope to hear from you as soonest.*
*Best regards,
Mr.James Weta.*
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