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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: "MR FISHER LANE" <mr_fish3@msn.com>
Reply-To: mrfisher_jr@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 15:44:44 +0000
Subject: MY WISH FOR CHARITY
MY WISH FOR CHARITY
Dear friend,
As you read this, I do not want you to feel over-sorry for me,because I
believe is natural that everyone will die someday,we
only pray that we spend our enternity in heaven and not hell My name is
Fisher Lane a merchant in Dublin Irland. I have been
diagnosed with esophageal cancer and have been in the hospital for a very
long time. It has defied all forms of medical
treatment, and right now I have about few months to live, according to the
medical experts.
I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for
anyone (not even myself) but my business and
wealth.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 lost my family due to my negligent of
them. I believe when God gives me a second chance to
come to this worldI would live my life a different way from how I have lived
it till date.
Now that this sickness is making me almost liveless, I have willed and
shared most of my properties but still i have no peace
in my heart.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 before Gods call.
So far, I have distributed money to some charity
organizations in Algeria and Malaysia. Now that my health has been
deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore.
I once asked a close person of mine to close one of my accounts and
distribute the money which I have there to charity
organization in,he
refused and kept the money to himself saying that i was bad when i was
normal.Hence, I do not trust them anymore,as they are
not following up my instruction to handlethe money the way i wanted he goes
aginst my will and i have vow not to have any
dealing with such person again.The last of my money which no one knows of is
the huge cash deposit of nine million united
states dollars ($9,000.000) that I have with a finance and trust firm in
Europe. I would want you to help me collect this
deposit on my behalf and distribute otherwise set up a charity organizations
in your country but under my
name [FISHER LANE CHARITY].
I would want you to keep 10% of the funds to yourself and use the rest on
the charity organizations in your country.Reply
this email as soon as possible even if you are not capable to handle this
transaction on my behalf.
My regards and Love to you, and i want you to equally love others because
now i have realise that the only way to salvation
is by sh owing kindness love and care to humanity and it is my beleive that
those that will benefitfrom this my project will
do pray for me and i might survive this ailment
I wait your quick reply,
Thanks,
Fisher Lane.
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