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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 Norman" <mrsnorman10@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 04:21:22 +0000
Subject: SICK WOMAN.
Dear Friend,
I am Mrs Caroline John Norman from Holland.I am married to Dr.John
Norman of united state who worked with Chevron Texaco as oil
consultant/contractor in Africa for twenty years before he died in the year
2000.We
were married for twenty-seven years without a child. He died
during one of the riot in the Niger delta region .
He was held hostage and slain to death by protesting youths of the
region.
Before his death we were both born again christians.Since his death I
decided not to re-marry . When my late husband was alive he made a
numbered time (Fixed) deposited for twelve calendar months, valued at
$8m.usd (Eight Million U.S.Dollars) with account number 0130648335800.
with a financial firm in Europe.
Meanwhile, this money is still with the bank and the management just
wrote
me as the beneficiary to come forward to receive the money or rather
issue
a letter of authorisation to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I
can
not come over. Presently, Iam with my laptop in a hospital where I
have been undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs. I have since lost my
ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few
months to live.
It is my last wish to see that this money is invested the proceed at
the end of every year distributed among charity organisation. I want a
person that is God fearing that will use this money to fund
churches,orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and to ensure
that the house
of God is maintained. I am made to understand that Blessed
is the hand that giveth.I took this decision because i know that there are
alot of poor people suffering from different kind of disease and nobody
to come to their aid.
With God all things are possible.
As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the
financial firm . I will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove
you as
the new beneficiary of this fund.You are to help me invest this funds into
real estate and stocks.You will be entitled
to 40% of every profit you make in a year.Please assure me that you will
act accordingly as I stated here in. Hoping to hearing from you soon.
In your response to me,please include your telephone and fax number and also
your mailing address.
Reply to my email.
Mrs Caroline John Norman
mrsnorman@yehey.com
OR
mrsnorman5@yahoo.com
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