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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: "Halimat Fahd" <fahdbin001@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: fahd_bin01@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 06:31:40 +0000
Subject: HELLO
DEAR FRIEND,
I AM MRS. HALIMAT FAHD BIN ABDUL AZIZ, ONE OF THE SEVERAL
WIFES OF THE LATE KING FAHD BIN ABDUL AZIZ OF SAUDI ARABIA.
I PRAY THAT YOU FIND A PLACE IN YOUR HEART TO BELIEVE MY
STORY, CONSIDERING HOW THE NEWS IS MAKING THE ROUND ABOUT
INTERNET SCAM.
I AM A WOMAN THAT HAS BEEN IN SERVITUDE ALL MY LIFE, AS I
WAS BORN AND BRED IN THE PART OF THE WORLD WHERE WOMEN ARE
RELEGATED TO THE BACKGROUND IN THE NAME OF RELIGION, WHERE
WOMEN ARE TREATED AS SUB-STANDARD HUMAN BEINGS IN THE NAME
OF RELIGION. IN ALL MY LIFE, I HAVE NEVER KNOWN FREEDOM AND
WOULD NEVER KNOW HOW IT FEELS LIKE TO BE FREE, UNTIL I JOIN
MY HUSBAND, THE LATE KING FAHD, IN THE WORLD BEYOND, EXCEPT
FOR SOME DIVINE INTERVENTION.
AS IT IS CUSTOMARY IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD, I AM IN
"PUDAH" WHICH MEANS STAYING INDOORS AND CLOSED TO EVERY
OTHER MEN APART FROM YOUR HUSBAND AND EVEN WHEN I MUST GO
OUT, I WILL HAVE TO COVER ALL THE PART OF MY BODY INCLUDING
MY FACE AND UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF SOME CLOSE OBSERVER.
AGAINST MY WILL, I WAS FORCED TO MARRY THE LATE KING FAHD
AT THE TENDER AGE OF 21YEARS IN 1992 WHICH WAS BARELY
3YEARS BEFORE THE KING WAS REDUCED TO A MERE VEGETABLE FROM
A SEVERE STROKE ATTACK WHICH HE SUFFERED UNTIL HIS DEATH. I
WAS BETROTHED TO THE THE KING FROM MY YOUTHFUL DAYS,
UNDERMINDING THE FACT THAT HE WAS OLD ENOUGH TO BE MY GRAND
FATHER, THESE ARE THE KIND OF HUMAN DEGRADATION WE
EXPIRIENCE IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD AND THAT IS HOW
UNLUCKY IT COULD BE WHEN A MONARCH OF THE CALIBRE OF FAHD
ASKS ONES PARENTS FOR HER HAND IN MARRIAGE, NOBODY DARE
REFUSES HIS WISH.
MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN HORRIBLE APART FROM ACCUMULATING
WEALTH, WEALTH THAT I MAY NEVER BE FREE TO ENJOY BECAUSE AS
IT IS TRADITIONAL HERE, AT THE DEATH OF THE KING, I
AUTOMATICALLY BELONG TO THE CROWN PRINCE, ABDULLAH, I AND
ALL THAT I POSSESS AND THE SLAVERY CONTINUES FROM THERE,
BUT I HAVE RESOLVED NOT TO LET THIS BE, I HAVE PLANNED TO
ELOPE AFTER I HAVE ACTUALISE MY PLANS.
IN ALL THESE YEARS THAT KING FAHD HAS BEEN SICK, I HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO SAVE UP SOME MONEY FOR MYSELF WHICH HAS
ACCUMULATED TO A TOTAL OF US$15.5MILLION AND I HAVE
TACTICALLY MOVED THESE FUNDS TO A SECURED HABOUR IN DUBAI
U.A.E, IF NOT FOR MY PERSONAL ENJOYMENT, AS I AM PRESENTLY
ENSLAVED, AT LEAST FOR MY ONLY SON, HASSAN WHO IS JUST 11
YEARS OLD AND STILL A MINOR. HASSAN IS THE ONLY PRODUCT OF
THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN THE KING AND I AND I AM DOING ALL
THESE FOR HIM BECAUSE HE IS ONLY A LAD AND WILL BE ILL
TREATED BY HIS NUMEROUS HALF BROTHERS WHO ARE OLD ENOUGH TO
BE HIS GRAND FATHER.
CONSIDERING MY SITUATION AS I HAVE TRUTHFULLY MADE KNOWN TO
YOU, I DESPERATELY NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO MOVE THE FUNDS
OUT OF THE SECURITY FIRM IN DUBAI AND INVEST THEM FOR ME,
PENDING WHEN MY SON WILL COME OF AGE TO CLAIM HIS
INHERIANCE. I WANT US TO GO INTO A PARTNERSHIP FOR OUR
MUTUAL BENEFIT, I AM SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE BECAUSE I
CANNOT TRUST ANY OF MY COUNTRYMEN WITH THIS DEAL, THEY
MIGHT BETRAY ME AND HAVE ME STONED TO DEATH. I AM DOING
THIS FOR MY ONLY SON, IF YOU HAVE THE URGE TO HELP, PLEASE
RESPOND AT ONCE AND I WILL BRING YOU INTO THE FULL DETAILS
OF THE MODUS OPERANDI BUT IF MY STORY DOES COME TO YOU AS A
MERE FALACY, DO BE KIND ENOUGH TO IGNORE IT WITHOUT RAISING
AN ALARM.
I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE AS I DO HAVE THE
STRONG CONVICTION THAT YOU WILL ASSIST ME.
YOURS SINCERELY,
HALIMAT FAHD BIN ABDUL AZIZ
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