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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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From: Josef Haidinger <haidinger.josef@iol.cz>
Reply-To: madamtoreth_hughes@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:36:55 GMT
Subject: Can You Be Trusted?(From Madam Toreth Hughes)
52 Oxford Street=2C
Manchester M13 9L=2C
England=2E
Here writes Madam Toreth Hughes=2C suffering from cancerous ailment=2E=
I was married to Sir Richard Hughes an Englishman who is dead=2E My hus=
band was into private practice all his life before his death=2E Our life=
together as man and wife lasted for three decades without child=2E My h=
usband died after a protracted illness=2E My husband and I made a vow to=
uplift the down-trodden and theless-privileged individuals as he had pa=
ssion for persons who can not help themselves due to physical disability=
or financial predicament=2E I can adduce this to the fact that he neede=
d a Child from this relationship=2C which never came=2EWhen my late husb=
and was alive he deposited the sum of 20 Million (20 Million Great Brita=
in Pounds Sterling which were derived from his vast estates and investme=
nt in capital market) with his bank here in UK=2EPresently=2C this money=
is still with the Bank=2E
Recently=2C my Doctor told me that I have limited days to live due t=
o the cancerous problems I am suffering from=2E Though what bothers me m=
ost is the stroke that I have in addition to the cancer=2E With this har=
d reality that has befallen my family=2C and me I have decided to donate=
this fund to you and want you to use this gift which comes from my husb=
ands effort to fund the upkeep of widows=2C widowers=2C orphans=2Cdestit=
ute=2C the down-trodden=2C physically challenged children=2Cbarren-women=
and persons who prove to be genuinely handicapped financially=2EI took =
this decision because I do not have any child that will inherit this mon=
ey and my husband relatives are bourgeois and very wealthy persons and =
I do not want my husband=27s hard earned money to be misused or invested=
into ill perceived ventures=2E I do not want this money to be misused h=
ence the reason for taking this bold decision=2E I am not afraid of deat=
h hence I know where I am going=2E I do not need any telephone communica=
tion in this regard due to my deteriorating health and because of the pr=
esence of my husband=27s relatives around me=2E I do not want them to kn=
ow about this development=2E
As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the bank=
in UK=2E I will also issue you a Letter of Authority that will empower =
you as the original beneficiary of this fund=2E My happiness is that I l=
ived a life worthy of emulation=2E Please assure me that you will act ju=
st as I have stated herein=2EHope to hear from you soon=2E
You can contact me through my personal =
emailaddress=3Amadamtoreth=5Fhughes=40hotmail=2Ecom
Madam Toreth Hughes
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