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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: "Barr John Blake" <finedecision15@googlemail.com>
Reply-To: barrjohnblake@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:18:49 -0700
Subject: INFO
Attn: Sir/Madam,
How are you today, I hope fine?
I am Barr. John Blake a consultant, I have a client who want to
transfer 15million GBP outside her country for her family investment
oversea, she have instructed me to locate a foreign partner who will
act as her fund investment manager oversea, she is critically ill and
cannot handle the transaction
herself because of her condition.
If you can handle this Investment Procurement, please call Me
+447031947773 or get back to me through email for more discussion.I
will give you more details and how we are going to proceed if you will
assure us that you are reliable.
Sincerely yours
Barrister John Blake
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