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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: "Smith Shaw" <smithshawn2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: smithshaw2@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 18:43:14 +0000
Subject: Charity Assistance,..
Hello Friend.
Good day and God bless you. I feel quite safe and satisfy dealing with you
in this charity project. Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly
abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the
fastest, surest and most secured medium of communication. However, this
correspondence is purely private, and it should be treated as such.
As you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for me because i believe
everyone will die someday. My name is Smith Shaw, a merchant in Dubai U.A.E.
I have been diagnosed with HIV?AIDS. It has defiled all forms of medical
treatment, and right now I have only about a few months to live, according
to medical experts. I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I
never really cared for anyone (not even myself) but my business. Though I am
very rich, I was never generous, I was always hostile to people and
only focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now
I regret all this as I now know
that there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money
in the world.
I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would
live my life a different way from how I have lived it. Now that God has
called me, I have willed and given most of my property and assets to my
immediate and extended family members as well as a few close friends.
I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul so, I have decided to
give alms to charity organizations, as I want this
to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth.
Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself
anymore. I once asked members of my
family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have
there to charity organization in Indian, Sudan Bulgaria and Pakistan, they
refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust
them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I have left for
them.
The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of 15
million united states dollars that I have with a finance Company abroad. I
will want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatched it to charity
organizations such as those that cater for the recent New orleans,
Mississipi USA, Katrina Disaster, HIV AIDS research etc. I have set aside
20% for you and for your time. God be with you.
Regards,
Smith Shaw.
smithshawn1@gmail.com
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