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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: sarah smith <sarahsmith028@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: sarahgsmith024@live.com
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:51:37 -0800 (PST)
Subject:
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: sarahsmith028@yahoo.com
- Dear Sir/madam,My names are Grace Sarah Smith from London -England, where I school and work as a fashion designer after school, I am the only daughter of my parents, I lost my father in a fatal auto accident on his , way to see my sick mother at the hospital where she was admitted for breast my father in a car accident,FURTHERMORE, before the demise of my father he willed his Real Estate ,Business & Gas Stations together with a total sum of 50,700,000.00 (Fifty ,Million, Seven Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling) to me,since the death of my parents particularly my father, i have been having a tough time trying to meet up with my daily and academic endeavors,a tough time trying to meet up with my daily and academic endeavors,So, I went to the bank where my late father deposited the funds on my behalf ,to with-draw some money to take care of myself, pay my school fees and ,other bills I needed to settled since after the death of my parents, I was shocked when the Bank Management explained to me that I will not be , able to with-draw from the deposited money, because my father had put a 30 years ,saying that before I will be given access to the money, I will either have to be ,clause on the Will and the form he filled while depositing the fund with them,before I will be given access to the money,or if only I get married , So, I?m contacting you to stand in as my husband or as my late father>s next of kin ,in which case my husband will be eligible to collect the money on my behalf by standing in as my husband ,or if i can get a man ,or woman of good conduct as a next of kin to claim the deposited funds ,on my behalf Today I am only 24 years old and I have no access to to the funds . So please get back to me as regards to the above transaction as I am ,willing to offer you with 40% of the total sum 50,700,000.00 (Fifty Million,Seven Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling),while 10 % will be mapped out ,for any expenses that we're to use to receive the money from the deposited Bank,Please remember that I am writing you this email purely on the ground of ,rust so we can achieve this deal together. This transaction will last for two ,weeks after you gotten back to me on how serious you are to claim these ,funds on my behalf. Yours Truly,Grace Sarah Smith
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