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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: "Melissa Pointer" <melissapinter17@msn.com>
Reply-To: melissapointer08@yahoo.ca
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:40:22 +0000
Subject: DEAR BELOVED IN CHRIST
Dear Beloved in Christ,
It is by the grace of God that I received
Christ,Having known the
truth, I had no choice than to do what is lawful and
right in the sight
of God for eternal life and in the sight of man for
witness of God´s
mercy and glory upon my life.
I am Mrs Melissa Pointer the wife of Mr Harry Pointer,
my husband
worked with the Chevron/Texaco in Kenya for twenty
years before he died
in the year 2001.We were married for twenty-seven
years without a
child.
My Husband died after a brief illness that lasted for
only four days.
Before his death we were both born again Christians.
Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a
child outside my
matrimonial home which the Bible is against. When my
late husband was
alive he deposited the sum of US $3.5M. (Three Million
Five Hundred
Thousand U.S. Dollars) with a Bank in Europe.
Presently, this money is still with the Bank and the
management just
wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to sign
for the release of
this money or rather issue a letter of authorization
to somebody to
receive it on my behalf if I can not come over.
Presently, I\'m in a hospital in Kenya where I have
been undergoing
treatment for esophageal cancer. I have since lost my
ability to talk
and my doctors have told me that I have only a few
weeks to live. It is
my last wish to see this money distributed to charity
organizations any
where in the World.
Because relatives and friends have plundered so much
of my wealth since
my illness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting
this huge
responsibility to any of them. Please, I beg you in
the name of God to
help me Stand and collect the Funds from the Bank.
I want a person that is God fearing that will use this
money to fund
churches, orphanages and widows propagating the word
of God and to
ensure that the house of God is maintained.
The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the
hand that giveth.
I took this decision because I don\'t have any child
that will inherit
this money and my husband relatives are not Christians
and I don\'t want
my husband\'s hard earned money to be misused by
unbelievers. I don\'t
want a situation where this money will be used in an
ungodly manner.
Hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I am
not afraid of
death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am
going to be in
the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the
lord will fight my
case and I shall hold my peace. I don\'t need any
telephone
communication in this regard because of my soundless
voice and presence of my
husband\'s
relatives around me always.
I don\'t want them to know about this development. With
God all things
are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall
give you the
contact of Attorney who is in Europe as he will be the
one to assist
you in laying claims for this funds .
Yours in Christ,
Melissa Pointer.
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