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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: Jimmy Goh <jimmygoh1@yahoo.com.my>
Reply-To: jimmygoh2009@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 00:20:15 +0800 (CST)
Subject: I NEED YOUR URGENT REPLY
From Jimmy Goh,
I will try to be brief and laconic. I am Jimmy Goh, a Malaysian lawyer. My late client died leaving behind a large sum of money to the tune of Eight Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars.
I contacted you because you have the same family name as my late client. With your help we can claim the above mentioned financial estate else the bank will confiscate the funds due to the fact that up till now, I cannot get a hold of anyone related to the deceased.
Should my proposal offend you or contradict your moral ethics, I apologize. Should you be interested and wish to help, do reply to me and we can discuss our plan of action, kindly get back to me.
Regards,
Jimmy Goh
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