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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 Luisa Estrada" <luisa@estradahome.net>
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 15:24:19 +0000
Subject: Honorable call.
Dearest,
Difficulties encountered in efforts to establish a business abroad
necessitate this search for someone to assist me in securing and investing
the sum of USD45, 000,000 (forty-five million dollars) deposited in an
escrow account in my name with a finance management company in Europe.
By way of summarized profile of myself, I am Senator Luisa Pimentel Estrada,
a 74years old lady and the first wife of Joseph Ejercito Estrada (former
head of state and President of Philippines) who is presently held in
detention in a hospital outside manilla, Philippines.
This money are in bonds and was kept in an escrow account of the finance
company for safe keeping and I have all documents with me as of when it
was deposited with the firm. However, the current administration of Gloria
Arroyo (The President of Philippines) is seeking the death of my husband.
In pursuit of this vendetta, the present Government have resolved to freeze
all known assets of Joseph Ejercito Estrada including properties at home and
abroad and are presently embarking on to seize the various bank accounts of
my Husband in Switzerland, UK and Australia.
In fact, the attack on our family (The Estrada's) is so devastated to an
extent of seizing our traveling passport, family accounts,trying some
members of our family in court for offences allegedly committed by my
Husband and even restrict us from seeing my husband. My son was released
from detention on the agreement to refund $1.5 million to the Government of
Philippines allegedly stolen by my Husband.
You can find this on;
<http://latelinenews.com/psenglish/29432.shtml>
<http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/2001/0129/coverl.html>
<http://www.estrada.com>
We are not ready to comply with this as most of the family assets and bank
accounts abroad have been frozen by the Arroyo regime. In view of this
grievous threat to our Economic and personal survival, our family trustee
have secretly protected the deposit, you are to assist us to contact the
Finance company in Europe to lay claims of the funds with the aid of legal
documents that will be forwarded to you. In other to facilitate the transfer
of the funds, you would be required to open a non residential transit
account with your company name with the finance company if you are not
residing in the country where the finance company is located.
In the meantime, there is a traveling embargo on the family members and our
local accounts are seized as well as our telephone lines have been bugged.
For this reason, telephone conversation will not be an ideal means of
communication because our calls will be recorded. We are currently being
catered for by the Government of Philippines in other to monitor and control
our financial activities. We cannot be held responsible for the sins of my
Husband.
In view of this plight, I expect you to be trustworthy and kind enough to
respond to this distressed call to save our family from a hopeless future.
And if you agree to help, we shall discuss the disbursement ratio in our
next correspondence after we have been acquainted.
To summarize this traumatic story, I have decided to offer 20% of the above
sum to anyone who assists us to secure these funds overseas or 30% share for
possible help on investing in any reliable venture. If you would want to
proceed under these terms, please reply for detailed information. If you do
not accept my offer,please in good fate treat with utmost confidentiality.
Please note that email correspondence will be safer due to the fact that all
our phone lines have been bugged.
pls contact me through the above email address or luisa@walla.com
I'm looking forward to your reply.
Mrs Luisa Estrada.
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