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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: "Augusta Madu" <augustamadu2007@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 06:25:25 +0000
Subject: Dear beloved friend
Dear beloved friend
Greetings in the name of Lord Jesus Christ, I am former Alhaja Fatima Madu,
now Mrs. Augusta Madu a widow to late Alhaji Sheik Madu, I am 51 years old
and now a new Christian convert, suffering from long time cancer of the
breast. From all indications my condition is really
deteriorating and it s quite obvious that I may not live long according to
my doctors, this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage.
My late husband late Alhaji Sheik Madu, was killed during the USA raid
against terrorism in Afghanistan, and during the period of our marriage
couldn't produce any child. My late husband was very wealthy, who made his
money from the Afghanistan’s government, hence I inherited all his
business and wealth after his death, the doctor has advised me that I may
not live for more that six months, so I now decide to divide this wealth in
order to contribute to the development of the churches in Africa, America,
Asia and Europe and for humanity in general.
I selected you after visiting the website and i prayed over it, so I am
willing to donate the sum of $10 million US Dollar to you on behalf of your
organization to help in reaching the the less privileged and the development
of the gospel of our lord Jesus Christ, since I am very sick to handle this
my dream on my own.
I want you to know that this fund is in presently in Security Company in
Switzerland, where my late husband deposited it as a family treasure,
because the security company never knows that the content in the deposited
consignment is money as they are not allowed to keep money
for clients. So and upon your reply I will instruct my attorney barrister
Michael Gill Holonis, who presently is in West Africa distributing relief
materials to victims of bomb blast in Sierra-Leone, to file in an
application of withdrawal and for a change of names on the consignment to
your favor.
Lastly, I honestly pray that this money/donation when transferred to you on
behalf of your organization will be used for the said purpose and properly
too, because I have come to find out that wealth acquisition without Christ
is vanity.
Please note that until this donation/consignment is signed and transferred
into your account, I will strongly insist that this transaction most be keep
a top secret.
May the grace of our lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship
of God be with you and your family as I wait your gentle and kind response
to this mail. Reply
through this email:augustamadu23456@yahoo.com
Yours in Christ,
Mrs. Augusta Madu
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