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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: "Miss Amy Robinson" <amyrobinson33@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:08:46 -0600
Subject: PLEASE REPLY ASAP
Dear Friend
My name is Sgt,Amy Robinson. I am an American soldier with Swiss background,
serving in the military with the army 3rd infantry division.With a very
desperate need for assistance, I have summed up courage to contact you. I
found
your contact particulars in an address journal. I am seeking your kind
assistance to move the sum of ( $ 3.2 million u.s.dollars )three million,
two
hundred united states dollars to you, as far as I can be assured that my
share
will be safe in your care until I complete my service here, this is no
stolen
money, and there are no danger involved. I am presently in a hospital
recovering from injuries sustained in a suicide bomb attack.
Source of money:
Some money in various currencies was discovered in barrels at a farmhouse
near
one of Saddam's old palaces in Tikrit-Iraq during a rescue operation, and
it was agreed by staff Sgt Kenneth buff and I that some part of this money
be
shared among both of us before informing anybody about it since both of us
saw
the money first. This was quite an illegal thing to do, but I tell you what?
No
compensation can make up for the risk we have taken with our lives in this
hell
hole. Of which my brother in-law was killed by a road side bomb last week.
Please view website for confirmation;
http://www.voanews.com/burmese/archive/2003-04/a-2003-04-20-1-1.cfm
The above figure was given to me as my share, and to conceal this kind of
money
became a problem for me, so with the help of a British contact working here
and
his office enjoy some immunity, I was able to move the money to a security
company in bangkok thailand as a diplomatic baggage. They are now waiting
for
us to provide the name of beneficiary who they will transfer the funds to.
The
reason i want you to claim the funds on my behalf is that as a soldier, i
cannot present a concrete evidence on how i made such a big amount of money
down here. Besides the US Government is trying their best to keep their eyes
on
soldiers here inorder to effect a high level of discipline among us.The
moment i
am sure that you are willing to assist me, i will give you the information
of
the security company and the security code of the baggage.I want
you to tell me how much you will take from this money for the assistance you
will give to me.
One passionate appeal I will make to you is not to discuss this matter with
anybody, should you have reasons to reject this offer, please and please
destroy this message as any leakage of this information will be too bad for
us
soldiers here in Iraq. I do not know how long we will remain here, and i
have
been shot, wounded and survived two suicide bomb attacks by the special
grace
of God, this and other reasons i will mention later has prompted me to reach
out for help, i honestly want this matter to be resolved immediately, please
contact me as soon aspossible, my only way of communication is email.
Yours in Service.
SERGENT Amy Robinson Camp MXP-512 Third Infantry Division Unit(T.I.D.U),
Abul Uruj,bagdad,iraq
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