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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: "Justin Lorenzo" <jbuck2005@msn.com>
Reply-To: justinlorenzo2003@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 02:44:58 +0000
Subject: HELP!
Dear Friend,
Greetings to you and Please permit me to introduce myself.
I am Mr. Justin Lorenzo, a Portuguese crude oil Merchant.
I was so lucky to come in contact with your email address on the
internet,and that is why i am contacting you.
I was diagnosed with esophageal cancer which has defiled all
medical solutions 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 am 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
havealready 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
Asia, South America, Eastern Europe and Africa, 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
contented with what I have left for them. The last of my funds which no
one knows of is a cash deposit of Fourteen million U.S Dollars
($14,000,000,00)stashed in two trunk boxes and declared as Personal
effects of high security value which I have with a finance Company.
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 twenty percent of the funds for
yourself and your family.Ten percent 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 document and details 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 me as soon as possible via my email address:
j_lorenzo5@walla.com ,Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.
Mr. Justin Lorenzo
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