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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: BAR PETER FOTSER <oirs@sernageomin.cl>
Reply-To: BAR PETER FOTSER <MAILS4FOSTER@SIFY.COM>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:55:35 -0400 (CLT)
Subject: DEAR SIR/MADAM
ORIEL CHAMBERS
7 Queens Yard, Whitepost Lane E9 5EN London.
Private Tel: +44 (704) 577 1119
Private Fax: +44 (700) 580 8491
From: Bar. Peter (Esq.)
My Name is Bar. Peter Foster the Personal Attorney to Ronald Lake who died in a Plane Crash (Alaska Airlines Flight 261) on the 31st of January 2000.
Website: http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
Presently, as the lawyer I have been asked to provide his Next-of-Kin to receive its Deposit valued at US$12, 500, 000.00 (Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) or have the Funds confiscated.
To this effect, I now seek your consent to present you as the Next-of-Kin to my Client so that the proceeds of his Benefit valued at US$12, 500, 000.00 (Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) can be paid to you thereafter you and I can share it; 50% to me, 40% to you, while 10% should be given to any Orphanage Home.
Please get in touch with me via E-mail: MAILS4FOSTER@SIFY.COM for further details if you are willing to assist me immediately you acknowledge the good receipt of this message.
Your prompt response is highly imperative.
Yours sincerely,
Bar. Peter Foster (Esq.)
For: Oriel chambers
Tel: +44 704 574 6786
Email: MAILS4FOSTER@SIFY.COM
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