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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: "Rev.Fr Mark Phillips" <rev@box.az> (may be fake)
Reply-To: revmark_phillips@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 20:01:13 -0500
Subject: Will await your reply.
Dear Friend,
Greetings to you in the name of the father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. I am Rev,Fr Mark Phillips of the Living Church of Life,UK am about to tell you a short story which i really don't know how it will sound to you.On the 2nd of Febuary 2000 i had a Convention tagged (Showers of blessings)Shiloh 2000 which featured Pastors from other Countries like Ps Myles Munroe(Bahamas),Ps Agyin Asare(Ghana) and so on,during that Convention i asked everyone to request for what ever they want from God and by the power giving to me by God each and everyone will receive whatever they ask for and i prayed for everyone.Few months after the Convention a lady Contractor in person of Mrs.Helen came to me explained that she was at the Convention which before then she had not been married and has no child of her own,Mrs.Helen at that time had an heart disease which was really affecting her and she knew will lead to her death very soon,she said at the convention she asked God to heal her
and also lead her to any of her relations so as she could have someone to takecare of her while she receives treatment on her heart disease,she also made it known to me that she has handed over all her properties to her personal attorney in person of Barrister Hamman Smith and that i should help her locate any of her relations because of her states of health and i told her i will do my best and i prayed for her.On the 21th of 2001 Mrs.Helen was involved in an auto accident,all occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives.
Since then I have made several enquiries at few embassies to locate any of her extended relatives which this has proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track her last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.
I have contacted you to assist in Transfering the Assets and Capitals, valued at US$10.5million left behind by Mrs.Helen before they get confisicated or declared unserviceable by the Security Finance Company where this huge deposits were lodged. The said Security Finance Company which is located overseas, has issued her Personal Attorney a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confisicated within the next three months. Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek the consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased, since you are of the same Nationality, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. i will give you the Contact details of her Personal attorney(barrister hamman smith)and he will be providing all necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for the claim.All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through because as soon as you get t
he money into your account Mrs. Helen informed me that US$500,000 out of the funds should be giving out to charity here in the UK and another US$500,000 should be giving to victims of heart disease also here in the UK.
Therefore,on receipt of your positive response with the promissory note to give out the funds to the charity as soon as the funds get to you.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me through this email revmark_phillips@yahoo.com or my personal Telephone number:+447040113347 for more details.
Yours Faithful,
Rev.Fr Mark Phillips.
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