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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: "Ms. Alice Kobe." <alicekobe@echina.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: alice_kobe@excite.com
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 22:50:34 -0700
Subject: Be my confidant.
Dear recipient.
Accept my apologies for writing to you in this mode for it might be of
Inconvenience to you but due to my quest for an honest and reliable
assistance concerning a business I have no other option than to go this
length. I need the
effectiveness of your professionalism in accomplishing this very
business. I am Ms. Alice Kobe. Director/coordinator security and finance co.
operations department in LONDON U.K. PLC. I am writing this letter to seek
for your co-operation to carry out this business opportunity in my
department. I discovered an abandoned sum of 28,000,000 (Twenty eight
million Pounds) in an account that belongs to one of our customer
Late Mr.Abdulraqak Aziz (a Saudi Arabian citizen and an Engineer Executing
major Federal contract with
governments of West African sub region). He died with a fellow business
associate in a ghastly auto Crash last year
October and his remains have since been incarcerated. Since his death,
i have been expecting his next of kin to come over and put claims as the
next of kin and beneficiary to the resources in Monsieur. Ives
Laurent Account, the money would go down the drain if the finance company
finds out about the huge amount,so Dear friend i am asking for your humble
assisatance to help me transfer this funds into your personal account or any
bank account of your choice,for your interest you'd be give 30% of the total
money 10% will be for the expenses incured during this transaction.60% will
be for me.with your immediate response your personal phone and fax
numbers,your full residential or company address would be highly appreciated
to enable us work together and for better contact. i'm trusting you with the
money that when it gets to you, that you will not disappoint me by running
away with the whole money.
an account number will be given to you to pay in my own 60% of the whole
funds after which you've taken your own 30%.
with confidence i await your your positive response.
very truely yours,
Ms. Alice Kobe.
pls reply to my personal email if this proposal is acceptable to you.
alice_kobe@excite.com
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