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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: "Macklin Conor" <macklinconor@labotextiles.com>
Reply-To: mack_cnr@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 18:57:48 +0000
Subject: EMPLOYMENT!!!!!

Dear Sir/Madam,

Would you like to work online from home and get paid weekly ?

LABO INVESTMENT Fabrics & textiles needs a book-keeper in the state,so i
want to know if you will
like to work online from home and get paid weekly without leaving or
affecting ur present job?

It's just that i presently run a textile and fabrics firm i inherited from
my late Dad in the UK and we need someone to work for the company as a
representative/book keeper in the states.

My company produces various clothing materials, batiks, assorted fabrics and
traditional costume which we have clients we supply weekly in the states.

My clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of Money Orders
which are not readily cashable outside the United States, So we need
someone in the
States to work as our representative and assist us in processing the
payments from our clients and i will pay him weekly salary.

ALL U NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS IN THE STATES
GET IT CASHED IN YOUR BANK THEN DEDUCT YOUR WEEKLY PAY AND FOWARD THE
BALANCE TO THE COMPANY DOWN HERE VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.

Our payments will be issued out in your full name and you can get them
cashed in your bank as these is the only pace my company can be safe as to
let you cash the money orders you will then need to deduct your weekly
salary and foward the balance to the company via western
union money transfer

SO ALL I NEED IS TO FOWARD YOUR INFORMATIONS TO OUR CLIENTS IN THE STATES
AND THEY ISSUE PAYMENTS IN FORM OF MONEY ORDERS, THEN SEND IT TO U VIA MAIL
OR COURIER.

I will need your Full name, Residential Address and Phone Number so we can
foward it to
our clients and they will start making payments to you as the company'
representative in the states

I WILL EMAIL YOU A LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT FROM OUR COMPANY WHICH YOU HAVE TO
REPLY WITH AN ACCEPTANCE LETTER AND A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR INDETIFICATION
ATTACHED
TO IT.

AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM ANY PAYMENT COMING TO YOU I WILL LET YOU KNOW AND I
WILL GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION TO SEND FUNDS TO THE COMPANY VIA WESTERN UNION
MONEY TRANSFER.

I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

Warmest Regards,
Macklin Conor,
Labo investment Fabrics & textiles

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