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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: rrhtcfuk@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:56:23 -0600
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Notification=20of=20Cash=20Grant/Donation?=

Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Charity Foundation.
PO Box 31, Victory Road,
Derby DE24 8BJ England, United Kingdom.

Ref No: RRCF/816/185/2004.
Batch No: 581-FC7-17-AK

Dear Sir/Madam

Notification of Cash Grant/Donation.

This is to notify you that you have been selected by the Board of
Trustees of the above International charity organization based in
the United Kingdom for a Cash Grant/Donation of 2,000,000.00
pounds sterling; for Business, Economic, Social and Research
developments in your community.The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust
Charity Foundation, an independent society, was launched in 1981,
the year when Rolls-Royce Limited celebrated it's 75th anniversary
by the Multi-Million Rolls-Royce family with the objective of
Human Growth and Community development.In line with this year
anniversary program, the Rolls-Royce foundation in conjunction
with the British Council is giving out One Hundred Million Pounds
Sterling as specific Donations/Grants to 50 lucky international
recipients worldwide in different categories for Business
development and Social upliftment of their various communities.

Based on the exercise held last month, your email address was
selected among the lucky recipients to receive the award sum of
2,000,000.00 pounds sterling as charity donations/grants from the
Rolls-Royce Foundation in accordance with the enabling act of
Parliament.All participant email address were selected through a
computer balloting system drawn from over 285,000 companies and
individuals from Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Europe, North
America, South America and Asia as part of our International
promotions.Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask
that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your
award has been fully processed and your money remitted to your
bank account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this
program.

You are required to Contact immediately the Finance Co-ordinator,
below for the immidiate processing and collection of your Grant
with your Full Names, Address, Telephone/fax and Email.

Please quote your reference No. and batch No. in all
correspondence.
Contact:

Mrs.CHRISTIANA ADAM.
Finance Co-ordinator,
Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Charity Foundation
Email: christianaadam@myway.com

Note that this Donations/Grants are administered by approved
British
Banks and therefore subject to British Laws.On behalf of the Board
kindly accept our warmest congratulations.

Yours faithfully,

Ms.CRYSTAL COKER
Executive Secretary.

NB:PLEASE ALL CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE FINANCE CO-ORDINATOR:
MRS.CHRISTIANA ADAM



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