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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: "Ahmen Mahoud" <ahmedmahoud90@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 23:03:03 -0500
Subject: For Your Kind Attention
Dear Sir,
As you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe
everyone will pass on someday everyone eventually has appointment with
death. My name is Mahmoud Ahmed a merchant in Dubai, in the U.A.E
I have been diagnosed with esophageal cancer. 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. 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 also to charity organizations, as I want this to be one
of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to
some charity organizations in the U.A.E, Algeria and Malaysia. 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 Bulgaria and
Pakistan; they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not
trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contented with what I have left
for them. The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge cash
deposit of eighteen million dollars $18, 000, 000, 00 that I have with a
finance/Security Company abroad. I will want you to help me collect/receive
this deposit and dispatched it to charity organizations. You can also reply
me on my direct email address of (ahmedmahoud@mailz.net) for
confidentiality as I'll be awaiting your quick response. For your time and
honesty, I have set aside 10% for you.
Wassallam.
Mahmoud Ahmed.(ahmedmahoud@mailz.net)
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