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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: paul_akajiugo@yahoo.co.nz
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:10:42 +0530 (IST)
Subject: IS FOR YOUR GOOD EFFORTS
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: janetsunset47@yahoo.in
- Hello my old friend, I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay. Presently I'm in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. meanwhile, i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how. Now contact my young formal secretary in Cotonou Benin Republic his information is below: Contact Name; Mr.Paul Akajiugo E-mail Address: paul_akajiugo@yahoo.co.nzTelephone: 00 (229) 93-00-32-42. Ask him to send you the Cheque of One Million Euro Bond cheque £1.000.000.00 which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. Contact him with your contact address and Telephone number where he can send your cheque to you. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. so feel free and get in touch with Mr. Paul Akajiugo and instruct him where to send the amount to you. Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferings at that time. in the moment, I'm very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to Mr. Paul Akajiugo on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with him without any delay. Yours Faithfully. Mrs. Janet Sunset, From Paraguay.
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