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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: mrsangelajones@msn.com
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:25:30 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT RESPOND AS NEXT OF KIN
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: mrsangela.jones@yahoo.com
- Dear Friend, I am an accountant with ECO BANK PLC REPBLIC OF BENIN . I work in a Bank here and there is the sum of $10.5M (Ten Million Five Hundred United States Dollars ) floating in a dormant account that belongs to a late customer who died alongside hisyounger brother in the crash of December, 2003. For further details of the Plane Crash, Please Visit http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html As his personal account officer I will like this money be transferred into your account as the next of kin of the deceased customer because the money will automatically go into government treasury at the end of this year. I will adequately furnish you on how this will work out. Kindly reply me through this my private email address; ( mrsangelajones@msn.com ) Yours faithfully, MRS ANGELA JONES
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