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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: "Uzor Jones" <uzorjone@phantomemail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:19:20 +0200
Subject: Pls. Carefully Prepare
Attn: Sir,
My name is Mr Uzor Jones , chairman of contract award
and monitoring committee of the ministry of industry and
international trade development ,my duty as empowered by the Mauritius
government is to provide the basic amenities, social recreational
activities in urban and rural areas.
This program includes assistance to deprived local
communities and to co-ordinate projects and development at the national
level, furthermore, from this projects we have been able to secured some
Reasonable amount of u.s.$21.8(twenty one million eight hundred thousand
US. dollars only) as commission from various contractors resulting from
over invoicing , hence all the necessary approvals has been completed.
These approved fundS was packaged and dispatched
through a security company for onward delivery to its Destination in
Europe. These funds was first deposited into a security vault
before we arrange for its movement to Europe through diplomatic channel
using decoy purporting that the fund belongs to an
expatriate/company. As we are government officials,
we are not allowed to operate foreign bank account.
Hence we need you to stand as the beneficiary and
claim the fund on our behalf from the security company.
Presently I am now in Europe to search for a reliable
person/company of high integrity /dignity and one with conscience who
will claim this fund on our behalf as the beneficiary , and we have agreed
to give you 25% of the total sum as commission for your Assistance/effort
and 5% will be used to settle every expenses incur red, we will use
70%to invest under your recommendation and guide and go into joint
venture business with you . I would greatly appreciate your assistance . I
look forward to
your response as soon as possible.
Best regards,
Mr Uzor Jone
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