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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?Alberto=20Mark?= <alberto83mark@yahoo.com.br>
Reply-To: maxwellm57@ozu.es
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:38:31 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: COMPENSATION GIFT FROM ME.
Meu novo endereço de e-mailAgora você pode me contactar através do e-mail: alberto83mark@yahoo.com.br
- Hello Friend,Hope this mail find you in an excellent condition of health.I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the co-operation of a new partner from Paraguay.Presently I'm in South Korea for investment projects with my own share of the total sum.Meanwhile I didn't forget you're past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.Now contact my secretary in Nigeria his name is Fred Ross and his email address (freddross07@mail.md) ask him to send you the total $2,000,000.00 which I kept for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.I appreciated your efforts at that time very much .so feel free and get intouch with my secretary Mr.Fred Ross and instruct him where to send the amount to you.Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferings at that time. I'm very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand,finally,remember that I had forwarded instruction to My secretary on your behalf to receive those money feel free to get in touch with Fred Ross he will send the amount to you without any delay.With Best Regards,Mr.Alberto Mark.
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