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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: "Mr. Nelson Cole" <nelsoncole234@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: nelsoncole@compaqnet.fr
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:29:55 -0800
Subject: HELP AM IN HOSPITAL BED/DO THE CHARITY FOR ME
Dear friend,
Greetings to you in the name of our heavenly God.This mail might come to you
as a surprise and the temptation to ignore it as unserious could come into
your mind; but please, consider it a divine wish and accept it with a deep
sense of humility.
My name is Nelson Cole. I'm a 59 years old man. I am British living in
Dubai (United Arab Emirate). I was a merchant and owned two businesses in
Dubai. I was also married with two children. My wife and two children died
in a car accident six years ago. Before this happened my business and
concern for making money was all I lived for. I never really cared about
other values in life. But since the loss of my family, I have found a new
desire to assist helpless families. I have been helping orphans in
orphanage/ motherless homes. I have donated some money to orphans in Sudan,
South Africa, Cameroon, Brazil, Spain, Austria, Germany and some Asian
countries.
Before I became ill, I kept $14.5 Million in a long-term deposit account in
a finance/security company . Presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been
undergoing treatment for oesophageal cancer. 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 this money distributed to charity organizations.
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. Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me collect the
deposit and the interest accrued from the company and distribute it amongst
charity organizations. Use your judgement to distribute the money and feel
free to reimburse yourself when you have the money for any cost you incur
during the process of collecting and distributing the money to charity
organizations.
I,m willing to offer you a reward If you are willing to help; please reply
immediately with thanks and gratitude with this email:
nelsoncole@compaqnet.fr
May the good Lord bless you and your family.
Regards.
Nelson Cole
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