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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: "hassan mariam a. hajia" <mhajia4440@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mhajia440@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:14:53 -1000
Subject: RE:Hello dear
Dear Friend,
A WOMAN OF LOVING HEART
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship
with you, If you have an expressed interest in helping me out in securing
some fund (u.s $6.9million dollars) into your norminated bank account and in
your custody for safe keeping and you know that you can keep secrity, be
trusted and hope on, pending my arrival in your country as l will like to
invest in muilt-national company 0r any profitable business venture.
Though this said fund accumulated between the periods 1986-2003, which
belongs to my late husband as he died of Heart Attack Now the management of
the Financial House where this fund is have just wrote me as the beneficiary
to come forward to receive the money or rather issue a letter of
authorisation to somebody to receive it on my behalf.
To be sincere and honest with you, this money is never connected with drugs,
money laundry, firearms and looting, which I believe might make you
skeptical and consequently withdrawing your help for security reasons. I
would like to recieve your contact details so that we can discuss business.
As l will giving you details in concern to this transaction. l am a widom
and mother of two, do know that this may require finance in the cost of
transfering the fund to you.
However, I have agreed to compensate you with 20% of the total amount as
your share for the assistance and co-operation, while 10% is to offset and
settle any expenses you may incurred ( Even up to settling telephone bills
etc) on the cost of transferring this fund into your norminated bank account
all together 30%. you shall invest the rest on my behalf till l arrive.
I shall provide you with all the necessary / vital documents that will put
you in position as a beneficiary to this fund, I wait to hear from you and
if your not interested kindly let me know so that l can search for someone
else. Reply Back to: for more of my family details in regards to this
transaction,It is profit oriented and 100% risk free Please honesty is the
watch word in this transaction.
Thanks,
Mrs Hajia A.Mariam
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