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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)
Reply-To: rtaylor@mail2me.com
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:39:47 +0100
Subject: let see!
How are you and your family? Hope all is well. My name is Richard Taylor (Pvt) an American soldier, serving in the military with the US Army 3rd Infantry Division operating in Iraq.With a very urgent need of assistance, I have summed up courage to contact you. I found your contact particulars in an electronic address journal. I am seeking your kind assistance to move the sum of ($13 Million USD) to you,you must assured me, that my share of the total sum will be safe in your care until I complete my service here in Iraq.
Source of the money:
You can go to this web link to read about the event that took place here in Iraq:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm
For further details please contact me on my private Email below.
Richard Taylor (Pvt)
Personal E-mail: rtaylor@mail2me.com
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