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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: "James George" <jamesgeorge0901@msn.com>
Reply-To: jgeorge777@mail.vu
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 13:38:25 +0000
Subject: HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! READ
Dear Good Friend,
First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue
of its nature as being utterly confidential and secret. Though I know that
transaction of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried
because you do not know me but I am assuring you that all will be well at
the end of the day. I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this
transaction, as well have been reliably and convince of your discreetness
and ability handle transaction of this nature. Let me start by introducing
myself properly to you. I am JAMES GEORGE, former director-international
remittance department with South Africa Reserve Bank, I currently living in
London UK. I came to know you through my private search for someone I can
confidently trust on, and I have a maximum confidence that we can transact
this business.
THE PROPOSITION.
I want you to help me clear/claim this Package that is already in U.S.A, I
shipped this package through Diplomatic means with the help of my friend,
who is a United Nation Diplomat. The content of the Package is
$4,000.000.00, (Four Million U.S. Dollars), all in $100 bills. But the
Diplomat does not know that the Package contains money, because I declared
as personal artifacts. These funds came out as a result of over invoicing.
This means that no body owns or can claim these funds. But due to my
position in the bank then, I quickly arranged for the packaging of the funds
in a box and thereafter, it was shipped to the U.S as personal an artifacts
through a United Nation (UN) diplomat for safe keep. Right now the box that
contains money is in United Nation's Storage Dept in New York. Therefore,
all I want you to do if you accept this proposal is forward to me or send to
me this information's below.
(1) Your mailing address.
(2) Your private phone and fax numbers.
(3) Your Full name.
(4) Name of your company.
As soon as I receive your wiliness and acceptance reply, I will forward your
contacts to the Diplomat, to enable him open up communication with you, and
also discuss how and when the Package will be delivered to your home
address. Lastly, at end of the transaction, you will get as your share, 35%
of the total funds, and I will have 65%. Therefore, if this arrangement is
okay for you, try as much as possible to email me so that we can go ahead
and achieve our endeavor, and other modalities will be discussed in later
period including sending you the keys of the box to you. Looking forward to
receive your reply.
Best Regards,
James George.
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