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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: samuel ogwe <samuel_ogwe@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 06:04:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: urgent dear sir
Dearly Beloved,
Grace and peace from Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior be unto you. It is with gladness of heart that I decided to contact you to share the below message with you. I believe it will be a blessing to you as you read through it. Take care of your self and keep the faith. God bless you,
I called on you to act as our nominated beneficitiary who will assist us to clear our consignment worth $11,000,000 USD deposited in Security Company by my late father during his reign in the office as the personal assistant to the Minister of Mines and Energy, i also called on you to assist us to invest the money on a profitable business in your country under your supervision, and we have agreed to compensate any trust worthy with 10% of the total sum while 5% will be mapped out for any expenses incured during the transfer.please if you dont attend church you can forget about this transaction.
i wait to hear from you
Regards.
00233-243-902-470
dear is a matter of urgency
Yours sincerely,
Mr ogwe
From: Accra-Ghana West Africa
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