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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: "Mrs. Janice Holmes" <mrsjonice@holmes.com>
Reply-To: janiceholmes02@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:16:03 GMT
Subject: From Mrs. Janice Holmes
Mrs=2E Janice Holmes=2E
32 Russell Square=2C =
Bloomsbury=2C =
London=2C WC1B 4JP=2C
England=2E
Email Address=3A janiceholmes02=40yahoo=2Ecom=2Ehk =
Here writes Janice Holmes=2C suffering from cancerous
ailment=2E I am married to Godwin Holmes an English man
who is dead=2E My husband was into private practice all
his life before his death=2E Our life together as man
and wife lasted for three decades without child=2E My
husband died after a protracted illness=2E My husband
and I made a vow to uplift the down-trodden and the
less-privileged individuals as he had passion for
persons who can not help themselves due to physical
disability or financial predicament=2E I can adduce this
to the fact that he needed a Child from this
relationship=2C which never came=2E
When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of
10 Million (Ten Million Great Britain Pounds Sterling
which were derived from his vast estates and
investment in capital market with his bank here in
England=2E Presently=2C this money is still with the Bank=2E
Recently=2C my Doctor told me that I have limited days
to live due to the cancerous problems I am suffering
from=2E Though what bothers me most is the stroke that I
have in addition to the cancer=2E With this hard reality
that has befallen my family and me=2C I have decided to
donate this fund to you and want you to use this gift
which comes from my husband=92s effort to fund the
upkeep of widows=2C widowers=2C orphans=2C destitute=2C the
down-trodden=2C physically challenged children=2C
barren-women and persons who prove to be genuinely
handicapped financially=2E
It is often said that blessed is the hand that gives=2E
I took this decision because I do not have any child
that will inherit this money and my husband relatives
are bourgeois and very wealthy persons and I do not
want my husband=92s hard earned money to be misused or
invested into ill perceived ventures=2E I do not want a
situation where this money will be used in an ungodly
manner=2C hence the reason for taking this bold
decision=2E I am not afraid of death hence I know where
I am going=2E I know that I am going to be with the
giver of life the Almighty when I eventually pass on=2E
The Almighty will fight my case and I shall hold my
peace=2E I do not need any telephone communication in
this regard due to my deteriorating health and because
of the presence of my husband=92s relatives around me=2E I
do not want them to know about this development=2E =
As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the
contact of the bank in England=2E I will also issue you
a Letter of Authority that will empower you as the
original beneficiary of this fund=2E My happiness is
that I lived a life worthy of emulation=2E Please always
be prayerful all through your life=2E Please assure me
that you will act just as I have stated herein=2E =
Hope to hear from you soon=2E
Yours faithfully=2C
Mrs=2E Janice Holmes=2E
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