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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: "JENNIFER LUCAS" <jennylucas@37.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jennyhearth@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:22:03 +0400
Subject: WRITE ME IMMEDIATELY
Dear Sir/Madam
Please permit me to introduce myself to you. Actually I don't know you personally and neither do you know me and this mail must come to you as a surprise because we can hardly say we know ourselves but I am standing on my honor and integrity and wish you to stand on your words. I am Jennifer Lucas the Head of Credit And Account Dept. in one of Financial Services Company here in Dubai-United Arab Emirates. The in formations I am about giving you is only known to you and me and should remain confidential and secret.
We have a customer that deposited with us in a domiciliary account the total sum of thirty Five Million United States Dollars (US$35,000,000.00) in September last two years (2002). On my official duty to update the records I found out that the customer is dead, that he was among those that died in a recent bomb blast in Saudi Arabia. But to my interest and possibly yours, this information is not official in my office neither is it known by any staff. And with all the records in the office and in my personal investigation the dead customer is not married and there is non of his relations (if any) that is known to me and my Company. What I am soliciting for is that your personal data be used and filled in the deposit file and keyed in our central system so that you will then write the company official and claim the deposit for us as the beneficiary. Know and be rest assured that this is now risk free because with my position in the company I have mapped out modalities toward
our successful claiming of the deposit. I have all the information's regarding this deposit, the customer's data, account information's and nothing is stopping us. Now what I need is your personal data to be filled in the deposit file then I will give you the contact of my Company and the customer's data and account information after which you will apply for the deposit official as the beneficiary. In your
Personal data I need your;
FULL NAME
PERMANENT ADDRESS
BUSINESS NAME
BUSINESS ADDRESS
OCCUPATION
DATE OF BIRTH
MARITAL STATUS (as at sept 2002, that is the date of the deposit)
NATIONALITY
TELEPHONE NUMBER
MOBILE NUMBER FAX NUMBER
EMAIL ADDRESS
I will give you my personal telephone number when I hear from you. I will also like to have your phone number so we can talk more about this transaction. I am willing to give you Twenty Percent (20%) of the deposit I hope this is generous enough. If this is acceptable by you feel free to contact me through my email address
So sincerely,
Jennifer Lucas
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