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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: "Paul Thomas" <paul_thomas200@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 02:08:13 +0000
Subject: OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF FUNDS DEPOSITED IN YOUR NAME
ATTENTION:
THIS IS AN OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF FUNDS DEPOSITED IN YOUR NAME
We are Diplomats that arrange for the safekeeping of special and
valuable packages and baggage in trust for reputable clients that are honest
and
trustworthy.We OPERATE from Lagos Nigeria and we work in collaboration with
top firms and
Governments of various countries as we have earned a name as a service whose
hallmarks in reliability
and confidentiality are revered. International missions, Fellow Diplomats
and Embassies of the world have used our services to satisfaction.A
benefactor whose identity can not be disclosed because of the Non
Circumvention
and Non Disclosure Agreement that was signed with the
said benefactor when the funds were being deposited, made you the
beneficiary of two trunk boxes containing some amount of money and stated
clearly that you should only be contacted when the time signed for it to be
in our care
elapses and the time has already elapsed that is why you are being
contacted.
The Non Circumvention and Non Disclosure Agreement signed with the
benefactor mandates us to fully divulge and disclose the benefactor's
identity 1 month after you, the beneficiary, has received the funds.
The funds totals $15.5M (Fifteen Million, Five Hundred
Thousand U.S.Dollars) and we confirm that these funds are fully free of
any liens, or encumbrances and are clean, clear and of non-criminal origin
and
are available in the form of CASH.You are hereby advised to reconfirm your
Full Contact Information for verification with information contained in our
computer database as well as other relevant information in the format
stated below so that the funds would be arranged to be brought to your
country of
residence by Diplomats who would accompany you to your bank (if you
want them to)to deposit the funds in your name and submit all documentations
of
proof of the origin of the funds in other to exonerate you from any form of
investigations or interrogation and to authenticate the fact that the
funds are clean and has no links whatsoever with either drugs or
terrorism. Alternatively,depending on your choice,we would arrange to
transfer the
fund through telegraphic wiring into you nominated account.You are therefore
adviced
to contact Mark Russo,our Operations Manager through our organisations email
(diplomatic.org@ny.com) and send the following information:
Your Full Name:
Your Complete Address (Physical Address with Zip Code not
P.O.BOX) :
Name of City of Residence:
Name of Closest Airport to City of Residence:
Direct Telephone Number:
Mobile Number:
Fax Number:
Thank you.Yours sincerely
PAUL Thomas.
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