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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 Coranzo Abaya" <mrscoranzoabaya@familybusinessworld.net>
Reply-To: albertastapels_7@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:39:45 +0000
Subject: Greetings to you
Dear friend,
Let me first of all inform you, I got your email address from a mail
directory and
decided to mail you for your permission to go ahead.
I am Mrs Alberta Stapels from Germany. I am only survivor of late Dr. Mark
Stapels
who was owner of a sea food company in Asia for twenty years before he died
in the
tsunami disaster along with my children in Asia.
Since his death I have been in the hospital here under medical supervision,
just
before my late husbands incident he sold this company and the proceeds was
paid into a private bank account in Europe.
Upon his death i was fowarded a notification to come to the bank premises in
Europe to claim this amount since i am his next of kin but they are unaware
of my
situation and ailment which is so bad that i have lost my abilty to
communicate
verbally,I have been undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs, and my
doctors
have told me that I have only a few months to live.
I want a person that is trustworthy that will utilise 70% of this money to
fund
churches, orphanages and less priviledge around the world but in my family
name
must this generous donation be made in our family name"Stapels
"
As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the bank and
my
late husbands attorney so he will asist you apply for the release of this
funds
after introducing you leagally to the bank. I will also issue you a letter
of
authorisation that will prove you as the new beneficiary on behalf of my
family.
Please I need you to assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated
and keep
this contact confidential till such a time this funds get to your
custody safe in your nominated account,this is to ensure that nothing
jeopadises
my last wish on earth.
I await your urgent reply.
Regards,
Mrs Alberta Stapels
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