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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. Malissa Pointer" <mail2pointer@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:44:52 +0000
Subject: From Malissa
Dearly Beloved
It is by the grace of the Lord that I send you this Letter, having known the
truth, I have no choice than to do what is lawful and right.
By way of introduction I am Mrs. Malissa Pointer the wife of Mr. Harry
Pointer.
My husband worked in his life time with the Chevron / Texaco in Kenya for
Fifteen years before he died in the year 2001. We were married for ten years
without a child. My Husband died after a brief illness that lasted for only
four days.Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a Child outside
my matrimonial home which my religion and personal opinion is against.
When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US $9.5M. (Nine
Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars) with a Security company in
Europe.
The funds where deposited as family valuables / treasures for security
reasons. Hence they are not aware of the real contents of the consignment.
Presently, I'm in a hospital in Kenya where I have been undergoing treatment
for esophageal cancer. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors
have told me that I have only a few weeks to live. It is my last wish to see
this money distributed to charity organizations any where in the World.
Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my
illness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility
to any of them for personal reasons.
I just got a disturbing news from my represetative in europe that the
security company is having a problem with locating the beneficiary as i have
no child.
I ask to help me Stand and collect the Funds from the security company I
want a person that is God fearing that will use this money to fund
orphanages, widows and the less previlaged.
It is said that blessed is the hand that giveth. I took this decision
because I don't have any child that will inherit this money.
I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am
going to be in the bosom of the Lord.
I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my
soundless voice and presence of my husband's relatives around me always just
for the fact that they want to lay claims to the funds they know nothing
about.
I don't want them to know about this development. With God all things are
possible.
As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of a
representative who is in Europe as he will be the one to assist you in
laying claims for these funds.
I would advise strictly here that you contact me via my alternate email
address Mail2pointer@gmail.com for personal reasons as i feel more secured
with the email account to make this whole affair discrete.
Yours Ever.
Malissa Pointer.
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