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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: "David Shearer" <davids8@hosanna.net>
Reply-To: david.s1961@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:47:23 +0100
Subject: Business Proposal, Call Me
Dear,
I am pleased to propose a business transaction of 30 Million British Pounds
to you which I believe will be of much interest to you and will allow us to
enter into a mutual beneficial relationship.
I am confident that you will give your consideration to this proposal and
response positively within a short period of time.
I am David Shearer, a Chartered accountant of Bank of Scotland and Audit
Committee Chairman of Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust plc and Superglass
Holdings Limited.
As soon as you give me your positive response, I will send you the details
and procedures of the transaction.
I am available to answer any questions you may have and look forward to
discussing this opportunity further with you in more detail shortly.
Please call me for more additional information and contact me directly
anytime on +44 704 578 4271 or send your response to shearerd@ymail.com
Sincerely,
David Shearer (Mr)
Chartered Accountant
Bank of Scotland
Tel: +44 704 578 4271
e-mail: shearerd@ymail.com
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