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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: louis estraae <louestrada29@yahoo.ca>
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 17:41:53 -0400
Subject: Did you get my message?
Dear friend,
This is a proposal in context but actually an appeal soliciting
for your unreserved assistance in consummating an urgent transaction
requiring maximum confidence. Though this approach appears desperate,
I can assure you that whatever questions you would need to ask or any
other thing you will need to know regarding this proposal will be
adequately
answered to give you a clearer understanding of it, so as to
arrive at a successful conclusion.
My name is Lou Ejercito Estrada, wife of His Excellency Joseph
Estrada, former President of The Philippines. My husband was recently
impeached from office by a backed uprising of mass demonstrators and
the Senate and is presently in jail on trumped up charges of
corruption, embezzlement, and the mysterious charge of economy
plunder which might lead to death sentence.
The present government is forcing my husband out of Manila to
avoid demonstration by his supporters. I realized some reasonable
amount of money from various deals that I successfully executed,
during my husband's regime as President of Philippines. I have plans
to invest this money for my children's future on real estate and
industrial production.
I have carefully moved out these funds (US$30 million), before my
husband was impeached to an offshore Deposit Company in the European
Union. My husband is not aware of this because I want to handle it
secretly.
From past experiences, many people I had regarded as close
friends has capitalize on my family's travail to run away with my
money. In order to avert this negative development, I in conjunction
with my son now seek your permission to allow my attorney do a CHANGE
OF OWNERSHIP/REASSIGNMENT OF CREDIT of stated funds from the deposit
company to your name, so that the funds (US$28.5million) would be
released to you as the new owner (on behalf of me and my family).
I am writing because when I deposited the money in the deposit
company, I told them that it belonged to a foreign business partner
and my present position will not allow me to claim the funds.
Consequently, I will present you as the owner of the funds in the
Deposit Company so you can be able to claim them. This is simple. I
will like you to provide immediately;
1. Full names
2. Contact address
3. Telephone and fax numbers
Once I receive this information, I will prepare the necessary
documents that will put you in place as the new owner of the funds.
The money will then be released to your custody by the Deposit
Company, for us to share in the ratio of 70% for us and 30% for you.
There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction
will be done by the solicitor and this will guarantees the successful
execution of this transaction.
If you are interested, please reply immediately via my email
address. Upon your response, I shall then introduce you to my son who
is going to liaise with you for further explanation that will help
you understand the transaction.I cannot be reached on phone because of the
security around us but my son will call you if he ha sthe opptyrnity to do so.
in that case our communication will be mostly via email.
No doubt this proposal will make you apprehensive, please we
employ you to observe utmost confidentiality and rest assured that
this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because we
shall require your assistance to invest our share in your country
(buying of properties like houses, hotels etc). This is why your
urgent action and response is of priority to enable us concluding
this transaction in a timely and professional manner.
***ENSURE YOU REPLY ME VIA :louestrada29@yahoo.ca
Thanks and regards.
mrs.Lou Ejercito Estrada
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