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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: "pedro barretto" <pedro_barr05@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: pedro_barretto1960@myway.com
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 18:55:25 +0000
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME
Beloved Friend,
Good day to you. My name is Pedro Barretto the personal assistant to the
sig. Stefano Tanzi who is the son of Don Calisto Tanzi the founder of
Parmalat Food and Diary Co. in Italy. I have
obtained your contact from the information from our Chambers of Commerce
when sourcing for a stimabile contact to the foreign country with who I can
execute with a commerce of this largeness that demands the confidentiality
and the absolute confidence. I mean to speed up your attendance in the
execution of one transaction of transactions. It is our sincere conviction
that maneggierete this transaction with absolute confidentiality, the
maturity and the maximum sense of scope. Some months ago, A few months ago,
Don Calisto Tanzi was accussed of siphoning off a large volume of funds from
the company.
Hour, its son (sig. Stefano Tanzi) has confidato $40 million USD to me. This
cash is secured in 2 trunk boxes that is being lodged with a security
company. TThe boxes are lodged and secure with a PIN code which I have the
instruction. I have travelled to Ulm, Germany where I am in the hidding in
the underground from which I am communicating with you currently. We have
need of your attendance in the collection of the boxes them from the company
of security and the lodgement of the moneies in the banking system in your
country and for the investment of the moneies in the real estate. Since I am
in the underground, I cannot execute some physical transaction in person.
On on your acceptance, I will telefax your information to the security
company and they will
acknowlege you as the beneficiary of the funds. After that, the cash $40
Million USD which is in 2 boxes will be shipped to your base and delivered
to your doorstep through diplomatic courier service (DCS) of the External
Affairs Ministry. I hope you know that Diplomatic luggage’s cannot be check
at any port of entry all over the world. The contents of the boxes will be
declared and Insured as classified documents and insurance bond instead of
cash. After the reception of the boxes them, you can then put the moneies in
the bank for the proposed investment or keep it in a safe deposit box till
I'm able to join you. DCS system of moving big volumeof cash is safe and
tested.
In the light of this modality of DCS, your thoughts, opinion and answer is
welcomes. The
execution of this transaction has been planned im such way that will not
open a passage the laws of your country, neither unoa neither the other
mine.
All that you must make it must follow my instruction and maintain all
particular the confidential
one. To preview yours the more soon answer to this proposal.
Better cares,
Pedro Barretto
Tel/fax: 49-731-230-9012
NB: Please ex-cuse, my English is not much good one.
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