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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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  • dougmorris01@k.ro

Fraud email example:

From: "Douglas Morris" <douglasmorris1@msn.com>
Reply-To: dougmorris01@k.ro
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 17:16:00 +0000
Subject: Cooperation

Hello,
I am contacting you to partner with me in respect of transfer of certain
funds, which is being held in a floating account in my organization,
Fountain Securities , in Madrid Spain. I am privileged to have full
knowledge of the availability of this fund due to my function and position
in the organization at present. I have to contact you because it is
imperative for me to have the cooperation of a foreigner to be able to
transfer the fund out of my country. This fund, was deposited by Mr. George
Martins, who died in 1994 without leaving any information of any next of kin
to inherit the fund. The account therefore has not been operated since his
death.

The total amount involved is Fifteen Million American Dollars. My name is
Douglas Morris. I would give the details of the transfer process if I
receive your response and am convinced that you are willing and dependable
to carry out the transaction with me in absolute confidentiality. We have to
establish mutual trust such that it will be glaring to both parties that we
could work with open mind. On transfer of the fund into your account,your
share would be 25% of the total sum while the rest part would be for me and
I intend to invest the major part of my share in your country with your
assistance.

I would appreciate if you could respond to me on my more private
email:dougmorris01@k.ro.Kindly state your telephone number so that I could
call you too.
I await your response.

Sincerely.
Douglas Morris.
Reply to:dougmorris01@k.ro


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