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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: "Regina Clark" <reginaclark33@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: reginaclark33@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 03:21:53 +0000
Subject: I need your dicision.
From:Ms Regina Clark
Manager Foreign Remmitance Dept
London.
Dear Friend,
I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise.I am the bill
and exchange manager in one of our Bank here in London.I Hoped that you
will not expose or betray this trust and confident that i am about to
repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both families.
We need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of $68million
immediately to your account.The money has been dormant for years in our
Bank here in London without any body coming for it.
We want to release the money to you as the nearest person to our
deceased customer(the owner of the account)who died a long with his
supposed next of kin in an air crash since July 2000.
We don't want the money to go into our Bank treasury as an abandoned
fund.
So this is the reason why i contacted you,so that we will can
release the money to you as the nearest person to the deceased
customer.Please we would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret
and delete it if you are not interested.
Upon receipt of your reply,i will send you full details on how the
business will be executed and name of our Bank, also note that you will
have 15% of the above mentioned sum if you agree to transact the
business with us.Your urgent response is highly needed so as to stop
further contact.Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance to
this noble offer by furnishing me with the following information if you are
interested.
1.Beneficiary name and address in order for me to to get a probate for the
transfer of the funds in your name.
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers.For our personal contact and mutual
discussion.I must use this opportunity to implore you to exercise
the utmost indulgence to keep this matter confidential, whatever your
decision.
While I await your urgent reply through this my personal.
Email;reginaclark33@yahoo.co.uk
Regards
Regina Clark.
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