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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: IndeRing@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:53:41 +0000
Subject: [IndeRing] FROM THE DESK OF MR ISSA AHMED
FROM THE DESK OF MR ISSA AHMED
DEAR FRIEND,
I KNOW THAT THIS MAIL WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE. I AM THE BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER IN BANK OF AFRICA. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL NOT EXPOSE OR BETRAY THIS TRUST AND CONFIDENT THAT I AM ABOUT TO REPOSE ON YOU FORTHE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF OUR BOTH FAMILIES.
I NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IN TRANSFERRING THE SUM OF $11.3MILLION IMMEDIATELY TO YOUR ACCOUNT. THE MONEY HAS BEEN DORMANT FOR MANY YEARS IN OUR BANK HERE WITHOUT ANY BODY COMING FOR THE CLAIM
Mr ISSA AHMED
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