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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: "John Asher" <johnasher@hh-mp.cn>
Reply-To: "John Asher" <johnasher@maktoob.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 13:28:57 +0800
Subject: Greetings to my Friend
Greetings to my friend,
I know this will come to you as a surprise because you do not know me. I am John Asher, I work in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),
packaging and courier department. I got your contact in my search for a
honest person and some one I could trust. May I trust you?
I want you to help me clear this package that is already in Europe which I shipped through our Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) accredited courier agent but the contents of the package is $25,000,000.00 all in $100.00 bills, but the courier company does not know that it is money that I have in the package. All I want you to do for me now is to give me your mailing address, your private phone and fax, and I hope that at the end of the day, you will have 30% and 70% will be for me.
My identity must not be revealed to anybody.
If this arrangement is OK by you, you can call or e-mail me at
(johnasher@maktoob.com) for security reasons other modalities will be
discussed as soon as you get back to me.
Best regards,
John Asher
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