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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: "Thomas Victoria" <victoria1@mailbox.hu>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 11:13:26 +0200
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION
Dearest Beloved,
After my earlier prayer this mornning i disded to contact you to assist me
since i can not see you face to face, I have to say that I have no
intentions of causing you any pains as you read this mail. but I don't want
you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe everyone will give up one day.
My name is Mrs.Victoria Thomas,59 years woman from British virgin Islands, i
worked with the shell petroluem company in niger/delta region in west africa
until when i was crippled by stroke which left half parts of my body
paralysed and now presently taking medical treatment at general hospital
Benin .
Right now,I have undergone extensive eye surgery which has resulted into
poor vision togather with kidney problem which was discovered very late
due to my uncaring attitude for my health.It has defiled all form of
medicine and right now i have only about a few months to live according to
my medical experts, To be frankly with you, I have not particularly lived
my life so well, as I never really cared for anyone not even myself but my
work and my money i cared for.
Though I am very rich,I was not that generous, I was always hostile to
people and only focused on my work as that was the only thing I cared for.
But now I've come to regret all this as I now know that there is more to
life than just wanting to make all the money in the world. I believe when
God gives me a second chance to come to this world again I would live my
life a different way from how I have lived it.
Now that I know my time is almost up, I have willed and given most of my
properties and assets to my immediate and extended family members and as
well as a few close friends, I have decided to give aims to charity
organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I done on
earth So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations there
in UK, United Arab Emirates and Ireland and some parts of africa zembabwe
and sudan.Now that my health has deteriorated so badly,I cannot do this by
myself any more. I once asked members of my family to close one of my
accounts in my country and donate the money which I have there to some
charity organizations in Bulgaria, they refused and kept the money to
themselves. Hence I do not trust them anymore as they seem not to be content
with what I have left for them, that is more reason why i contacted you for
your assistant me in this Gods work.
However,the last money is a huge sum of ($21.4M ) Twenty one million four
hundred thousand united states dollar that I was deposited with one
financial firm here for self keeping.I want you to help me collect this
deposited fund from the financial firm and dispatch it to the charity
organizations in your country and let them know that it is I,mrs Victoria
Thomas that made this generous donation/offar to them.note I am writing this
letter to you from the hospital bed where I was take my treatments & wait
for my time to come up. in case of virous please i want you to reply me
through this my private email: victoria_thomas@go2.pl
As soon as I received your sincere response, I will hence give you all the
necessary details of how this can be done.I pray that you are the kind of
person i am looking for, so that I can be able to achieve this goal.on your
acceptance in helping me to carry out my last wishes,I promise you a reward
of 30% from the total sum of ($21.4M ) on trust bases.
Thank you for assisting me,
Mrs.Victoria Thomas.
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