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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. Father Peter Richard" <ff_peter@myway.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: father_peter@myway.com
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 15:39:13 +0400
Subject: from...........Rev. Father Peter Richard
Dear Friend,
It took me time and divine intervention to write you
this mail, as we have never had any correspondence
before. My name is Rev. Father Peter Richard.
I'm a catholic priest and I'm very much interested in a
relationship with you for mutual benefits as I have
access to what is needed, but lack the experience and
I'm not in a position to perfect its use. There is an
urgent need for my contacting you as I recently have
been granted an opportunity to have access to
US$8,500,000.00 (Eight Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars Only). Access to this
fund is made available by a woman, who happens to
be a serious member of my parish. She is well known
in this community and aside being a major real estate
agent she is a magnet in environmental management and
was a liencened oil merchant before now.
Unfortunately she has been living and struggling with
breast cancer for close to 14 months now. Though she
is unmarried, she has a 12 years old daughter and
I have been responsible for her care seen the break
of her horrible dilemma. She has been through a first
operation, and though she is to undergo a final
operation within the next few days, the doctors have
not given her much of a chance to live. She is not
aware of this fact and she stills remains hopefully that
something positive can be done in her case. Based on
my last discussion with her yesterday afternoon on the
future of her daughter, should she not be so lucky.
She insisted that the fund should be invested.
Unfortunately I'm definitely not in a position to run
things,which is why I seek your assistance in taking
control of managing the fund.I have resolved with her
on an agreement that will be drawn up by you on a
yearly charge that will be paid to you for taking
control and managing the fund while half of the
proceed will be given for the development of
treatment of cancer patients. The rest will remain with
you for the up keep of her daughter. I wish you could
be of assistance to this course and I'd like to add that
sometimes I receive unsolicited mails, so I hope my
mail doesn't come as an embarrassment to you, but if
it does please kindly accept my apologies. Awaiting
your response,
Sincerely,
Rev. Father Peter Richard.
Parish Priest Holy family Catholic Church.
Please Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and
confidential, protected from disclosure, and/or intended only for the use of
the individual or entity named above.If you have received this communication
in error,please notify me immediately by replying to the message and
deleting it from your computer.
Thank you.
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