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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: "Mr. Marc Brown" <marc_brown123@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: marc123_brown@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:49:04 +0100
Subject: HELLO FROM Mr. Marc Brown
>From Mr. Marc Brown
Dear
I am Marc Brown, it is true that we have never meet each other before and I believe that this name sounds strange to you, do not see this letter as a junk or one of the Internet scam mails because everything I am going to tell you here has prove and evidence and we believe that only time will vindicate the just. I don't know how familiar you are with the recent events that be fall the president of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.
I am personal financial secretary to late first lady of federal republic of Nigeria late Mrs. Stella Obasanjo who died in Spanish hospital on early hour of 22nd of Oct 2005. Please to read more about the un-sudden death of late Mrs. Stella, please visit: www.thisdayonline.com <http://www.thisdayonline.com/> or www.vanguardngr.com <http://www.vanguardngr.com/>.
I am writing this letter in confidence that we should have a mutual understanding on this news I am going to pass across to you, On several occassions I traveled out side the country with the late first lady, we normally move a huge amount of money out the country through her diplomatic immunity coverage as the first lady, our luggages are not been searched by any law enforcement agency at the airport, our trip to Senegal on 21st July, 2005, we travel with a sum of $15million united states dollars which she intended to invest in Senegal because we normally travel to Senegal where she has a big building and has plans to settle in Senegal after her retirement. Right now, I am writing you, I am in position of this fund, her buidings in Senegal and some amount of Rough Diamonds she had in Senegal and only me knows everything about these ans it's arrangements.
Her arrangements was after her operation in Spain, she will return to Senegal immediately to invest this money, but unfortunately she died during the operation Spain. Now, nobody knows anything about this money, and I want to now present you as the beneficiary of the money so that we will meet in as I do not want anybody to have a trace on this consignment and we an do eerything through you, I have the deposit certificate and shipment airwaybill of the consignment with me now, Please, I consider this as an opportunity for me to make my fortune but this is not something I will do alone to avoid suspicious since the management of the bank knows nothing about it, Please I am in Senegal of the moment waiting for a geniune person we can do the businesss together. Therefore, if you are interested to assist me, kindly send to me now your private phone number and address so that I will call you for further discussion,
This is highly confidential.
I believe you will not expose this information to anybody.Thanks .reply! e-mail me with address.marc123_brown@yahoo.com <mailto:address.marc123_brown@yahoo.com>
Mr. Marc Brown
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