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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: "P.O.R P.O.S BENIN" <ballack999@gmail.com>
Reply-To: pro.pos_benin@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:00:10 +0100
Subject: From the Palace of the Senate on the ongoing contract award.
>From the Palace of the Senate,
Republic of Benin,
West Africa.
Dear contractor,
We wish to inform all compitent contractor/company on the on-going contract
award which this government wishes to use to establish basic economic and
social growth enabling the country to contract with international contractor
willing to handle international contract above One Million US Dollars.
If you or your company can handle contracts of the above magnitude, please
get back to us for further breifing. Endeavour to get back to us with what
kind of contract or product you or your company deal on.
Thank you and wish you the best of luck.
Truly your,
Peter B. Kofour,
Public Relations Officer,
Palace of the Senate,
Republic of Benin,
West Africa.
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