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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: marry mark <marrymarkwidow@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 08:30:55 +0100 (BST)
Subject: FOREIGN ASSISTANCE NEEDED URGENTLY IN THE NAME OF LORD
Calvay greeting,s in jesus name I am by name mary mark, 38years of age a namibia, a widower, and a mother four children the story of my life, has been' very pathetic, touchy and unbearable. the predicament and agony and my life goes like it is my late husband now deceased was assasinated by hired killer.
not quite long ago, who was then a famous government Contractor in Namibia. the untimely death of my husband, has made life devastating for me , and my two children. the crux of the whole matter now is that some group of unknown assasin are trying to carying out their nefarious act to kill me and my children.
this has even prompted me to transfer a whoping sum of $twenty five million dollars($25m)belonging to my late husband into a Nigeria Bank there in Nigeria for safety and security purpose as advised by my lawyer as my dear life is in dender.My lawyer has even councelled me to leave the entire African continent to foreign country as thus perpetrators as really after me, and my children.
I intends to seek a foreign counterpart who i cn confide in, to transfer the huge amount of money ($25m),as mentioned into his account which should be strictly comfidential, the amount holder will be properly compensated depending onthe persentage agreed by both parties. so if you are interested, please reply me immediately, through my private email address mrsmarry_widow@yahoo.co.in an note that all discussion would be made through my lawyer i mean telephone calls, and through his email address as well as for security reason.
please note that all correspondence should be made strictly to my lawyer(i;e telephone calls etc)thanks for your cooperation in this regard.
looking forward to hear from you.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO ENCLOSE YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAXNUMBERS.
yours faithfully
Mrs mary mark.
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