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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:51:06 -1200
Subject: Attention:Sir/Madam
Attention:Sir/Madam
My name is Sgt Mark Johnson, I am an American soldier with
Swiss background, serving in the military with the army’s
3rd infantry division. With a very desperate need for
assistance, I have summed up courage to contact you. I found
your contact particulars in an address journal. I am seeking
your kind assistance to move the sum of ( $ 35 million u.s.
dollars ) Thirty Five million united states dollars to you,
as far as I can be assured that my share will be safe in
your care until I complete my service here, this is no
stolen money, and there are no danger involved. Source of
money:
Some money in various currencies was discovered in barrels
at a farmhouse near one of Saddam’s old palaces in
Tikrit-Iraq during a rescue operation, and it was agreed by
staff Sgt Kenneth buff and I that some part of this money be
shared among both of us before informing anybody about it
since both of us saw the money first. This was quite an
illegal thing to do, but I tell you what? No compensation
can make up for the risk we have taken with our lives in
this hell hole. Of which my brother in-law was killed by a
road side bomb last week. You will find the story of this
money on the web address below; The above figure was given
to me as my share, and to conceal this kind of money became
a problem for me, so with the help of a British contact
working here and his office enjoy some immunity, I was able
to get the package out to a safe location entirely out of
trouble spot. he does not know the real contents of the
package, and believes that it belongs to a brithish/american
medical doctor who died in a raid here in Iraq, and before
giving up, trusted me to hand over the package to his family
in united states.
I have now found a much secured way of getting the package
out of Iraq to your country for you to pick up, and I will
discuss this with you when I am sure that you are willing to
assist me. I want you to tell me how much you will take from
this money for the assistance you will give to me. One
passionate appeal I will make to you is not to discuss this
matter with anybody, should you have reasons to reject this
offer, please and please destroy this message as any leakage
of this information will be too bad for us soldier’s here
in Iraq. I do not know how long we will remain here, and i
have been shot, wounded and survived two suicide bomb
attacks by the special grace of God, this and other reasons
i will mention later has prompted me to reach out for help,
i honestly want this matter to be resolved immediately,
please contact me as soon as possible my only way of
communication email.
Kindly reply to this email address(sgtmarkj203@yahoo.com.hk)
God Bless
SGT MARK JOHNSON,
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