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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: "Dr George Williams" <georgewilliams200@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 11:20:11 +0000
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE

Beloved In Christ,

Calvary greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I am Ms Joy
Williams, a widow to Late George williams , I am 69 years old,I am now a
new Christian convert,suffering from long time cancer of the breast.
>From all indications, my condition is serious and according to my
doctor it is quite obvious that I may not survive the sickness,although as a
christain,I beleive God and I know that I will not die,I will leave to
declare the glory of God. My late husband and my only son was
killed during the Ogoni Crisis and I am presently Leaving alone.
Our Lord Jesus Christ is my comforter.

My late husband was very wealthy we have a lot of properties including
Shares and houses.After the death of my husband,I madeup my mind to
travel abroad to leave the rest of my life and continue to do the work of
God as a missionary.I called our lawyer and I instructed him to sell
all my husbands properties and shares to enable me raise some money to
continue my mission.The lawyer sold the Shares and some of the properties
and I was able raise the sum of $4,000,000.00(four million US Dollars)The
fund is in cash,for the safety of the fund till am able to travel out,I
packaged the fund in consignments deposited it with a Security Company.

Presently all the documents concerning the consignments are with my
lawyer.
Now that my sickness has gone to this stage,I am scared and I want the fund
to be used for the work of God all over the world.
I have prayed and I told God to direct me to an honest christan who will
receive this fund and utilize it for things that will glorify the name of
God. After my prayers,I searched the christain site in the internet,I found
your email address and I decided to contact you.Please if you are interested
in using this fund for the work of God,please send to me your full names and
address, your company name and your phone numbers to enable me give it to my
lawyer for immediate arrangement with the security company on how the
consignments that contained the fund will be delivered to you or you can
reach my lawyer on 234 802 4500 369 or ( baroputa11@yahoo.co.in) by the
oputa Dannels for more directives .

I await your urgent reply.

Thanks and God bless you.

Ms Joy Williams.

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