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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: Edward Joe <edwardjoe_08@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: joeedward43@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 13:38:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear Friend in Christ
Dear Friend in Christ,
I am in need of your assistance, I want to make a donation to the poor and needy through you.
My name is Joe Edward,A USA citizen, I live in Abu Dubai, right now i am in the hospital, I have been undergoing treatment for oesophageal cancer.I have since lost my ability to talk and my Doctors have told me that I have onlya few months to live.
Before I became ill, I kept USd$ 7.5 Million ina long-term deposit account in a finance company in Europe. Now thatit is clear that i will not survive this sickness, I have decided that i must give my wealth to the poor and needy just for assistance.Mostly if you can donate to motherless, widows and hurricane victims I will highly appreciate.
Kindly reply me through my email.(joeedward43@yahoo.com)
Yours sincerely,
Joe Edward
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