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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: "Sgt. Gerald Hendricks" <sgtgeraldhendricks3r6@msn.com>
Reply-To: <sgtgeraldhendricks3rd@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:47:57 +0000
Subject: Hello dear
Hello dear
My name is (staff Sgt.) Gerald Hendricks, I am an American soldier, serving in the Military
with the army's 3rd infantry division. I have a very desperate need for assistance and have
summed up courage to contact you.
I found your contact particulars in an address journal and I am seeking your kind assistance
to move the sum of Fifteen million United States dollars (us$15,000,000) to you in your
country, as far as I can be assured that my share will be safe in your care until I complete
my service here.
Source of money: Some money in various currencies were discovered in barrels at a Farm house
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 between 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 time. The above figure was given to me as my share, and to
conceal this kind of money became a problem for me but with the help of a British contact
working here and with his office enjoying some immunity, i was able to get the package out to
a safe location entirely out of trouble spot. he does not know the real contents of the
package, and believes that it belongs to a British American medical doctor who died in a raid
here in Iraq, And before giving up, trusted me to hand over the package to his family in
united state.
I have now found a very secured way of getting the package out of Iraq to you at home for you
to pick up, and i will discuss this with you when i am sure that you are willing to assist me
and that my money will be well secured in your hand. 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 the u.s. soldier's here in Iraq. I do not know how
long we will remain here; month of May was the deadliest month for us out here. Totally, we
lost 127 men 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 as possible.
May god bless you and your family
Sgt. Gerald Hendricks.
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