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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: kwhit_60@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 10:15:07 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?IN=20DESPERATE=20NEED=20OF=20YOUR=20CO=2DOPERATION=21?=
Kelly White,
Please,copy reply to both of the following email addresses:
whitkel2@netscape.net,kwhity@37.com
Dear Sir,
IN DESPERATE NEED OF YOUR CO-OPERATION!
I write you this letter to solicit your help from Prison, as I am in dire
need.
I am Kelly White, a Captain in The British Army deployed to help facilitate
the forceful change of the Sadam HUSSEIN Regime in Iraq. I have been serving
in Iraq sincethe beginning
of the war. I was previously attached to a British Military Base in Germany
before my deployment to Iraq. I do hope you are not confused and distracted
by the fact that a strange person is writting you in confidence.
In the course of my stay in Iraq,I have withnessed so much
looting from which many colleagues have benefited (in excess of some Billions
of Dollars)and we have also benefit from. I
decided that I cannot afford to be left out of this great
opportunity to become a success, after a long hesitation.
This money is a part of the money that the regime of Sadam
Hussein,their friends and cronies had stolen and hidden in various parts
of Iraq before the war.It was now the responsibility of the U.S and British
soldiers to search for,recover this money and plough back into the governance
of Iraq. In the proccess,we were able to keep some away for
ourselves. Thats how the money came about.
Everything went well until I was accused arrested in 2004 alongside other
colleagues suspected to have abused inmates of prisons under the control
of Allied Forces in Iraq.
I initially thought that my stay in prison awaiting trial would be brief
but I have spent some months here without any change in my hopeless situation!
Now that I dont know how long I would stay here,and faced with the possibility
of dismissal from the Army if I am found guilty,I have come to reason that
it is only proper to try and make some kind of reliable contact who could
help me pick up
and safe-keep this money so that I dont lose everything I have saved during
my stay in Iraq.Who knows;such an opportunity,they say, comes once in a
lifetime!
My friends who did it before advised me that I just needed a contact(any
contact) outside Iraq to assure me that he could handle such an amount of
money,after which I would order it to be sent through for safe-keeping.
I have (hidden safely in Iraq) presently,the sum of US$21.7m. I only need
you,Sir,to guarantie me that I can still get this money back,if it is remitted
to you. I only need a person I can trust to safeguard this money since it
is not possible to leave here and do it myself. All the arragerment to transfer
it to you has been made by me before my arrest.Your only part
is to receive and safeguard it. We would further discuss on how the money
should be disbursed afterwards.
For your role in this business,I wish to compensate you
handsomely on successful conclussion of this assignment.I must only not
forget to tell you that secrecy and confidentiality in this business is
very important to both parties. It could put us in serious danger and even
compound my already complex problem, if this information is leaked to a
third party!It is therefore a matter of great importance to keep this secret
strictly between us even after the successful conclussion of this transaction.
I did not include my phone contact because any other contact is for the
military prison and therefore,tapped.This e-mail is the only private contact
I have here.I implore you to consider this proposal as urgently as possible
and give me a feedback. If you are in favour of my proposal,please,do include
your PRIVATE contact information - phone,fax,e-mail to facilitate a more
effective and confidential communication.
I implore you to ponder over this proposal as urgently as possible and get
back to me.
Do not forget to pray fervently for my acquitance.I wish you the best as
I await your reply.
Thanks,
Best Regards,
Kelly White(Capt).
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