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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: "JOHN MIKE" <j_mikens1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: j_mikens2005@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 12:53:20 -0500
Subject: FINAL NOTIFICATION
The Beneficiary,
Estate of Engr. Jonathan Reed.
FINAL NOTIFICATION
Please confirm your receipt of this mail because previous hardcopy letters
have been sent through your mailing address but we did not get any response
from you. Not to worry, because even if it was intercepted in the course
of postage, no execution will be carried out without the endorsement of Rev.
Father David Mark and me the attorney for the execution.
On-behalf of the Trustees and Executors of the Will of late of Sir Engr.
Jonathan Reed (ksm), I wish to notify you that you will listed as a
beneficiary
to the bequest of the sum of US$1,100.000.00 [one Million One Hundred
Thousand
US Dollars] in the codicil and last testament of the deceased. The late Sir
Jonathan Reed until
his death was a former Managing Director and pioneer staff of a big
construction
company in China an later invested in poultry farm and grains.
He established himself as a wealthy farmer in Asia where he exported rice
and other poultry products. He was a very dedicated man and a great
philanthropist
during his life time. He involved
himself in helping people by giving investable loans in agriculture and
other ventures.
Late Sir Jonathan Reed died on 9th October 2004 at the age of 78. He has
since been buried on the 23rd of October 2004. He was an American lived in
Asia all through his active years but later move down to London due to long
term illness where he died in a specialist hospital. He was married
but without a child an lost his wife in 1986 due to breast cancer. He said
in his words as stated in his last testament that "it is my desired wish
to see that the poor and less privileged are given assistance by any means
and limit this token could go, especially Asia, Africa and South America
having seen it all myself. He therefore advised that this amount be invested
and the part of the proceeds be used in the work of humanity".
I hereby request that you forward your current telephone for further
discussion
and your forwarding address to enable us file necessary documents of claims
at probate registry for the release of this funds to you.
Please inform me if you did receive this notification this time via:
kings_venture@yahoo.com
Yours faithfully,
John Mike (llb.Lon)
Estate of Reed
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