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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 Arafat" <avivi555@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: goodhopewayo@walla.com
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 19:50:04 -0700
Subject: happy day
Reply at goodhopewayo@walla.com
Dear Friend,
I am Mrs. MRS SUHA DAOUD ARAFAT, the wife of YASSER ARAFAT, the Palestinian leader who died recently in Paris.
Since his death and even prior to the announcement, I have been thrown into a state of antagonism, confusion, humiliation,frustration and hopelessness by the present leadership of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the new Prime Minister headed by MAHMOUD ABBAS.
I have even been subjected to physical and psychological torture.As a widow that is so traumatized, I have lost confidence with everybody in the country at the moment. You must have heard over the media reports and the Internet on the discovery of some fund in my husband secret bank account andcompanies and the allegations of some huge sums of money deposited by my husband in my name of which I have refuses to disclose or give up to the corrupt Palestine Government.
And they are not relenting on their effort to make me poor for life.
As you know, the Moslem community has no regards for woman, more importantly when the woman is from a christian background, hence my desire for a foreign assistance.
I and my late husband deposited the sum of 21 million dollars with a Financial firm in Europe whose name is withheld for now until we open communication.
I shall be grateful if you could receive this fund into your bank account for safe keeping and any Investment opportunity.This arrangement will be known to you and I alone and all our correspondence should be strictly on email alone because our government has tapped all my lines and are monitoring all my moves.
In view of the above, if you are willing to assist for our mutual benefits, i promise to give you 30% of the $21,000,000 that will be kept in your position for a while and invested in your name for my trust pending when my Daughter, ZAHWA, will come off age and take full responsibility of her Family inheritance.
Please note that this is a golden opportunity that comes once in life time and more so, if you are honest, I am going to entrust more funds in your care as this is one of the legacy we keep for our children.
In case you don't accept please do not let me out to the security and international media as I am giving you this information in total trust and confidence I will greatly appreciate if you accept my proposal in good faith.
Reply at goodhopewayo@walla.com
Yours sincerely,
MRS Suha Daoud Arafat
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