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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: "Shehu Abdul" <mrshehuabdul@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 23:46:20 +0100
Subject: please reply
Dear Friend,
This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have not
yet met. I have to say that I have no intentions of causing you any pains
so i decided to contact you through this medium.As you read this, I don't
want you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe everyone will die someday.
My name is Shehu Abdul, a merchant in Dubai, in the U.A.E. I have been
diagnosed with prostate and esophageal Cancer that was discovered very late
due to my laxity in caring for my health. It has
defiled all form of medicine and right now, I have only about a few months
to live according to medical experts. I have not particularly lived my life
so well, as I never really cared for anyone not even myself but my business.
Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always hostile to people
and only focus on my business as that was the only thing I cared for. But
now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just
wanting to have or make all the money in the world. I believe when God
gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a
different way from how I have lived it.
Now that I know my time is near, I have willed and given most of my
properties and assets to my immediate and extended family members and as
well as a few close friends and Schools in the UAE. I have decided to give
alms to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good
deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity
organizations in the U.A.E, London and Ireland. Now that my health has
deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this my self any more. I once asked
members of my family to close one of my accounts and donate the money, which
I have there to charity organization but he squandred this money lavishly on
women and material things.
I am writing this from my laptop computer in my hospital bed where I wait
for my time to come. I pray that God uses you to support and assist me with
good heart and help me claim the remaining money I have deposited with an
offshore bank and distribute it to charity, you will be adequately
compensated for this. Please get back to me urgently if you are interested
so that I will make you privy to the relevant information to claim this
fund.
God be with you,
Shehu Abdul.
NB: I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until
the task is accomplished as I don’t want anything that will jeopardize my
last wish. and Also I will be contacting with you by email as I don’t want
anybody to know because they are always around me.You can also rich me with
this email address engineershehu@yahoo.ca
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