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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: "Mrs Ann Nsaidi" <davidego@totalmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ansaidi@tiscali.it
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:36:09 +0100
Subject: Investing In Your Celebrity Business
Attention the Owner;
From; Mrs Ann Nsaidi
e-mail;ansaidi@tiscali.it
Topic; Investing In Your Celebrity Business
With regard to my need for an overseas partner to be
trusted in confidence I crave your indulgence as i
contact you in such a surprising manner regarding
what is currently happening in Sudan Darfur the
killing of over 400,000 people and
the misery of up to 2Million people living without
shelter and food Please check your CNN News
Network for confirmation I am the wife of
Mr Benjamin Nsaidi the Chairman of
MANDEX OIL EXPORT IN SUDAN.
My Husband was killed along with my two
children we have to fleed the Country
I am hiding somewhere in KENYA.
Before My Husband was killed he
deposited the sum of $55 Million United States Dollars
with a Company in LONDON, Please I need your Help
to receive this money in your account and to enable me
come over to your Country and invest this money with
you in your business.
Please because of God Almighty help meand my only
surviving son David we are facing hell here in Sudan this
Sudan crisis is all over the news people are still dieing
every day am soliciting for your assistance as an honest,
gentle and trustworthy foreign partner to kindly
assist me claim the money on my behalf from the
Company in London you shall be entitled to
20% of the total amount for your assistance,
while the remaining 80%
shall be invested or any profitable
business ventures in your Country or in your Company.
I am here with only my cloths and me and my son
have to beg to feed and The United Nation Have been
supplying us with some properties I manage to come
to the city to send you this message please help me
as this transaction is my only hope
in life. this is because i would like to reside and
settle in your Country. you should communicate to me
through my private e-mail address Please you should
keep this business very confidencial it is only me that
My Late Husband tell about this money in London.
ansaidi@tiscali.it Most importantly, acknowledge
receipt to this proposal.
Best regards,
Mrs Ann Nsaidi
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