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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: "robert mark" <mr_robertmark0005@msn.com>
Reply-To: mr_robertmark015@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 22:34:29 +0000
Subject: Urgent response, if ready and willing.
Attn: Sir/madam ,
I sincerely hope that after you read this mail you will respond to my call.
Let me start by introducing myself.
My name is Robert Mark. i'm 65 years old ,a British living in Cotonou
(Benin Republic). I am a businessman and owns two companies here in Cotonou,
married with two children. My wife and two children died in a car accident
six years ago but before this happened, my business and concern for making
money was all i lived for i never really cared about other values in life
but since the loss of my family, i have found a new desire to assist
helpless familes.
I have been helping orphans in motherless homes, i have donated some money
to orphans in sudan, south africa, cameroun, brazil, spain, austria germany
and some Asian countries. Before i became ill, i kept some money, ten and a
half million dollars ($10.5million) to be precise in a long term deposit
account in a security company in Spain .Presently, i'm in a hospital. My
doctor told me i have prostate cancer that i have a few months to live. It
is my last wish to see this money distributed to charity organizations,
because so much of my wealth has been plundered by relatives and friends
since my illness,hence i cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge
responsibility to any of them since the money in the security company is
the last fund that i have left.
Right now i am partialy stranded in the hospital due to the nature of my
sickness so i am appealing to you to help me collect the deposit from the
security company in Spain and distribute it amongst charity organizations. I
would want you to use your discretion to distribute the money and keep 10%
of it for yourself. Feel free to reimburse yourself when you have the money
for any cost you might have incured during the process of collecting and
distributing the money to charity
organizations.
May the good Lord bless you and your family.Please reply to this mail
mr_robertmark015@yahoo.fr as i can only communicate through my laptop which
is by my bed,as soon as i get your response i shall then give you the
necessary informations you need to collect this consignment of money
With Regards,
Mr Robert Mark.
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