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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: "Barrister William DANIELS" <william_chambers@jumpy.it> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 20:52:18 +0100
Subject: READ IT IS URGENT!.
Dear Friend,
First, I apologize encroaching into your privacy as this mail is unsolicited
and considering numerous scam emails coming from all parts of the world
today, I was forced to infringe into your private mail box due to the urgent
nature of the business at hand. I am Barrister WILLIAM O. DANIELS a legal
luminary in Cotonou Republique Du Benin.
A certain diseased client of mine name withheld for security reason have
Thirty
million Five Hundred Thousand US dollars US$30.5 MILLION which has to be
transferred to you through the Banking Channels of the Republique Du Benin.
He (MY DISEASED CLIENT) died in the ill-fated plane crash involving a Boeing
727 UTA chartered flight that took off from Cotonou, Republic of Benin
and
crashed into the atlantic ocean on Thursday, 25 December.
For details of the plane crash,please visit :
<http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html>
2003.
Since the next of kin died with him no body have ever come forth to claim
this fund and the bank want to revoke the fund to the Republique Depository
Commission as Un-Fudiciary Floating Cash thereby rendering it Unserviceable
and it liable to any sort of confiscation by the Government. I have been
approached by the bankers thrice since his death to bring forth a beneficiary
to evacuate the fund before 14Banking days from Today. As his lawyer I
have
the ability and all paper work instruments to fix you as the beneficiary
to
my late client.
THIS IS A CHANCE AND WILLINGNESS TO TAKE, all I need is a
YES OR NO from you within 24hours, after 24hours I have never written you
and you have never heard anything from me.
Anticipating your prompt response.
YOURS VERY TRULY.
William
TEL: +229 96 74 09.
Alternate Email: dav_anser04@yahoo.com
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