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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: "michael butler" <michaelb9m9@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: michaelb9@doramail.com
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 05:13:03 +0000
Subject: MORE MONEY FOR YOU, BUT CAN YOU BE TRUSTED?.
Kindly accept my apology for sending to you, this unexpected mail, which I
hope you will treat as HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.I believe you are a highly
respected personality, considering the fact that i sourced your profile from
a human resource profile database on your country.I am Mr Michael Butler a
canadian National and a crude oil Merchant before I was diagnosed with
esophogeal cancer 15 days after i arrived lagos, Nigeria for my regular
Crude oil business.These disease has defiled all medical solutions and
according to medical experts I only have a 1 month 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 have
already 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
Bulgaria, mexico, India and south africa but they greedily kept the money to
themselves and can't even take a trip down here to africa to see my present
condition. Hence I am contacting you with this as I have lost confidence in
them because it is obvious they are not contended with what I have left for
them. The last of my funds which no one knows of is a cash deposit of Nine
million U.S Dollars ($9,000,000,00) stashed in 2 trunk boxes and declared as
Personal effects of high security value which I have with a finance/Security
Company in Europe.I am prepared to offer you 20% (or a re-negotiated sum) of
the total amount received,if you assist me in claiming the funds from the
financial and security vault in london, where i deposited two {2} boxes
containing the funds.I honestly assure you that this deal is 100% risk-free,
So Please get back to me immediatly,if you are interested and capable of
helping.If you can convince me of your honesty and profound interest in this
transaction,then i can proceed to furnish you with the details of this
transaction.I need sound assurance that you are solvent and capable of
handling a transaction of this magnitude and that you would follow my
instructions strictly.
I look forward to your prompt reply.
Warm regards,
Michael Butler
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