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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: "Steve J. Morries" <j_pin2@msn.com>
Reply-To: <stevejmor@cheerful.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 14:13:40 +0000
Subject: PEACE OF THE LORD BE WITH YOU!!!!
NOTIFICATION OF REQUEST. Dear Sir\Madam. On behalf of my Family, I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter was returned undelivered. I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same email address, which I believe that it will reach you, let me introduce my self as Steve.J Morries I am 23 year old, from Equatorial Guinea, I am the only child of Mr. & Mrs. John Morries, I lost my parents on the plan crash on Sunday, 17 July, 2005 on there way to our family friend weeding in Malabo, My father was working in U.S. Oil Firms in Equatorial Guinea in the Justice department. Before the incident happened, my father called me with my mother and told us that he deposited a silver box in Berkely Safe Deposit Company LTD value of $35,000,000.00 USD [Thirty Five Million Dollars, he said that he deposited the silver box as family valued documents, that the company did not know that what he deposited is fund and been the Law of the company, no one have any right over some body’s box, he said that he deposited the silver box in 2004. I am writing this latter to you to know if you can be able to help me as the nest of kin of my father, I will send you the deposit certificate, slip which he used to pay before depositing it, to enable you receive the silver box, according to my father before his death, he said that the company can bring silver box to my country or any place of our choice, I could have give this certificate to my relations, but they are very bad and not trustworthy , because they have sold all my father’s properties after his death. Please I am looking for a trust person who I will give the contact of the company and send the deposit certificate for him/her to odder the company to bring the silver box to his/her country, and I will also like to live with the person to finish my education and use part of my own shear in the money for investment. I am very ready to establish a long solid lasting relationship with you in full confidence that you will never let me down in future. I will be sending you all the particulers involve on receipt of your information below with full assurance that you will lead me to the promise land., [1] YOUR FULL NAME.[2] YOUR FULL ADDRESS[3] YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBERS[4] A COPY OF YOUR INDENTIFICATION[5] A BRIEF Of YOUR SELF. Please let this our deal be only with you for security reasons. On the conclusion of every thing, you will be given 40% and 55% for me as the owner of the fund and 5% for charity origination to motherless baby and orphan like me Let me hear from you ASAP.Best Regards,Steve J. Morries.
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