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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: "Roy Chidi" <roychidi@inbox.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 17:48:52 +0100
Subject: Consider and reply
Sir/Madam,
I am writing to you on an issue of great importance and urgency. My name is Mr. Roy Chidi. I was personal assistant to Mr. Henry Spencer, a contractor with an oil prospecting firm here in my country. He was married to a lady, an indigene of my country. I am contacing you now about an issue which I believe will be of mutual interest to both of us.
Before my master died of heart failure on the 24th of September 2004, I was privy to an offshore account he operated in a foreign country. Since my master's death, his family here believe they have secured all his assets, both here and in his native country. However, they, even his wife, do not know about this offshore account due to the nature of these accounts and all the secrecy involved in running such accounts.
This is where I am involved. I have the details of this offshore account and I have made out elaborate plans on how we can change the ownership of the offshore account to your name as his beneficiary, if you are willing to work with me on a mutual sharing basis. What I need from you is your cooperation and your assurance that you will not disappear into thin air once you get custody of the account. I am counting on you to secure my future with the proceeds of this offshore account, as my master's wife and family have alienated me from his estate, after serving him so faithfully for over 22 years he worked in my country.
Please get back to me as soon as you read this so I can know if you will be suitable for the scheme I have planned out for the transfer of the offshore account to you. I also need your secure promise and assurance that you will abide by the rules of fairplay and partnership in carrying out this scheme, as I have to repose a lot of trust in you, if we are going to succeed in this.
Thank you for your time and patience in reading through this. I expect your response.
Yours truly,
Mr. Roy Chidi
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