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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: <Richard_boutros@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 04:18:32 +0000
Subject: Business Proposal..........
Hello, I am Mr. Richard Boutros, External Auditor of Bank Of Scotland Plc. I am contacting you for a possible business transfer worth GBP 17,000,000(Seventeen Million Pounds Sterling) Pounds Sterling. It will be in my interest to finish this transaction with you hoping that you will not cheat or blackmail me at the conclusionof this goal because I have planned it for long. At the moment, I am constrained to issue more details about this business until your positive response is received. If you can be a collaborator to this transaction, please indicateyour positive interest immediately for us to proceed by sending your response. I assure you that this deal is worth taking and highly profitable and You can Email me on( Richard_boutros@yahoo.com). Thank you for your time and attention. Warmest regards, Mr.. Richard BoutrosExternal Auditor, Bank Of Scotland Plc
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