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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: Abdul Rahman Sheikh <sheikhman02@zwallet.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:43:57 +0200
Subject: SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE FOR CHARITY WORKS
Dear Friend,
Greetings to you and Please permit me to introduce myself. I am Mr.
Abdul Rahman Sheikh a Saudi National and a crude oil Merchant before I was
diagnosed with esophageal cancer which has defied all medicalsolutions
and according to medical experts I only have a few more months to live.
As you read this you do not have to feel sorry for me as it is a
universal truth that we all must die someday, the only problem with mine
though being that I have particularly not lived my life well in spite of my
wealth and possessions as I never really cared for anyone (not even
myself) but my business. Though I was very rich I was never generous, I
was never caring about people but only dedicated my time and resources on
my business as
that was the only thing I cared about. But now I regret all this as I
now know that there is more to life than just accumulating all the
wealth in the world as I lay helplessly on my sick bed.
If I was given a second chance to live again I sure would live my life
a different way from how I have lived it owing to what has befallen me
now. As my last days alive are drawing closer and closer I have already
willed out most of my properties and assets to my immediate and
extended family members as well as a few close friends.
I also want my soul to be at peace with God and for him to be merciful
on me and accept my soul and to this regard I have resolved to give my
remaining funds to charity organizations as I want this to stand as one
of the last deeds I indulge in on earth before I die. Though I have
already distributed money to some charity organizations, Now that my
health has deteriorated so badly I can no longer continue with this myself
and also I do not trust my immediate family members or close friends on
this as I have once asked them to close one of my accounts and
distribute the funds therein to charity organizations in Bulgaria,Sri-Lanka
India and Pakistan they greedily kept the money to themselves. Hence I am
contacting you with this as I have
lost confidence in them because it is obvious they are not contended
with what I have left for them.The last of my funds which no one knows
of is a cash deposit of Eighteen million U.S Dollars ($18,000,000,00)
stashed in 2 trunk boxes and declared as Personal effects of high
security value which I have with a finance/Security Company in Europe. All
I
am asking of you is to assist me in making the collection of this
deposit and dispatching the funds to any
charity of your choice after keeping 20% of the funds for yourself and
your family.10% of these funds should be to cover any expenses that
might be incurred in the process of making this claims.
Please contact me as soon as you get this email if you are capable and
sincere to handle this transaction on my behalf so I can forward you
with all relevant documents necessary for the claims and the name of the
security firm where the funds are deposited.
God bless you as I await words from you. Please inform as soon as
possible if you are not interested so I can proceed to seek for someone
else
to carry out this on my behalf. Find attached a picture of me along
with this email for your perusal.
Please respond to me on this email address if you are willing to assist
me at sheikhman02@zwallet.com
God bless you.
Abdul Rahman Sheikh
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