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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: "Sheik Shaffer umaru" <shafferumaru01@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 09:20:30 +0200
Subject: Dying Man's Plea
Dying Man's Plea
Dear
As you read this mail, I don't want you to feel sorry for me because, I
believe everyone will die one day. My Name is sheik Shaffer Umaru a merchant
in Dubai, in the U.A.E. I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer. I have
defiled all forms of medical treatment and right now I have only a few
months to live. According to medical experts. I have not really lived my
life so well, As I never cared for anyone {not even myself} but my business.
Though I am very rich, I was never generous, as I was always hostile to and
only focused on my business, as that was the only thing I cared about.
But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just
wanting to have or make all the money in this world. I believe when God
gives me a second chance to come back to this world I would live my life a
different way from how I lived it. Now that God Has called me, I have willed
and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended family
members as well as a few close friends. I want God to be merciful to me and
accept my soul so I have decided to give alms to charity organizations. As I
want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have
distributed money to some charity organization in the U.A.E, Malaysia and
Ethiopia. Now that my health has deteriorated so I cannot do this myself
anymore. Once I asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and
distribute the money, which I have in the account to charity organization in
Kosovo and Africa, They refused and kept the money for themselves. Hence I
do not trust them anymore as they seem not to Be contended with what I have
left for them so I believe I will rather trust a total stranger like you
instead of my Family because they saw my sickness as an opportunity to make
money out of me. The last of the which no one knows of is just in cash
deposit of Twenty One Million United States Dollars {$21,000,000,00} I kept
this money with a Finance and Security company abroad and I will want you to
help me
Collect this deposit and dispatch it to charity organizations around the
world.
I have set out 20% of the money for your time and will like you to Promise
me that you will honor my wish and distribute the money even when am gone.
Due to my health, I cannot go to the office again and will not be able to
call you so please i will like you to contact my consultant through his
phone number +27 73 944 25 49.his name is Mr Ray Morgan he I will give you
all the information's and instruct on how to claim the money before I die. I
will be going to hospital which i did not know when to come back.please i
will like you to take this call from ALLAH because i did not have any other
person in my family to injoye this money hence my family passed away in a
car accedent on there way to market.i waiting to hear from you, God bless
you as you answer this call.
Yours truly,
Sheik Umaru Shaffer
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