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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: "John Bright" <barristerjohnbright@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barristerjohnbright1@yahoo.ca
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:52:26 -0800
Subject: Estate of Engr. Jonathan Reed.
The Beneficiary,
Estate of Engr. Jonathan Reed.
FINAL NOTIFICATION
Please confirm your receipt of this mail because previous hardcopy
letters have been sent through your mailing address but we did not get any
response from you. Not to worry, because even if it was intercepted in the
course of postage, no execution will be carried out without the endorsement
of Rev. Father David Paul and me the attorney for the execution.
On-behalf of the Trustees and Executors of the Will of late of Sir
Engr. Jonathan Reed (ksm), I wish to notify you that you were listed as a
beneficiary to the bequest of the sum of US$2,500.000.00 [Two Million
five Hundred Thousand US Dollars] in the codicil and last testament of the
deceased. The late Sir Jonathan Reed until his death was a former Managing
Director and pioneer staff of a big construction company in China an later
invested in poultry farm and grains.
He established himself as a wealthy farmer in Asia where he exported
rice and other poultry products. He was a very dedicated man and a great
philanthropist during his life time. He involved himself in helping people
by giving investable loans in agriculture and other ventures.
Late Sir Jonathan Reed died on 9th October 2004 at the age of 78. He
has since been buried on the 23rd of October 2004. He was an American
lived in Asia all through his active years but later move down to London due
to long term illness where he died in a specialist hospital, He was married
but without a child an lost his wife in 1986 due to breast cancer. He said
in his words as stated in his last testament that "it is my desired wish to
see that the poor and less privileged are given assistance by any means and
limit this token could go, especially Asia, Africa and South America having
seen it all myself. He therefore advised that this amount be invested and
the part of the proceeds be used in the work of humanity". I hereby request
that you forward your current telephone for further discussion and your
forwarding address to enable us file necessary documents of claims at
probate registry for the release of this funds to you.
Please inform me if you did receive this notification this time or the
Rev David Paul
Yours faithfully,
John Bright (llb.Lon)
Estate of Reed
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