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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: <oluwa161bob@live.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:05:00 -0600
Subject: GET IN TOUCH WITH BOB TODAY
Attention,
Prominent User of the Internet How are you today? Hope all is well with you
and your family?I hope this mail meets you in a perfect
condition. This is to inform you that a total cash prize of US $900,000.00
Dollars, given to the first FIFTY (50) people who will be
compensated in this world internet Programs.All participants were selected
randomly from Worldwide Web site through computer draw system
and Extracted from over 100.000 companies I am using this opportunity to
thank you for using the internet daily.
Due to your effort, using internet programs indoor and in your office, we
want to compensate you and show our Gratitude to you with the sum
of $900,000.00 United States of America Dollars we have authorized Mr. OLUWA
BOB in capital city ABUJA nigeria to assist you in getting
your compensation checks across to you. The name and contact address with
you want your cheque to be delivered to.
Mr. OLUWA BOB is as follows;
COMPENSATION HEAD OFFICE
CONTACT AGENT: Mr. OLUWA BOB
EMAIL: oluwa161bob@live.com
Finally remember that I have forwarded instruction to Mr.OLUWA BOB on your
behalf to send the cash prize of Nine Hundred Thousand United
State Dollars to you as soon as you contact him with your Delivery address
and Telephone numbers without delay.
Mrs. ROSS TIMS
Presidential Library & Museum
Former Director International Online
Lottery Co-coordinator. © 2008 WORLD
INTERNET PROGRAMS®
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