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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: "Mrs S. D. Arafat" <hope5552@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: hopepal@walla.com
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:26:55 -0800
Subject: my friend
Dear Friend,
I am Mrs. SUHA ARAFAT, the wife of YASSER ARAFAT, the Palestinian
leader who died recently in Paris.
Since his death and even prior to the announcement, I have been
thrown into a state of antagonism, confusion, humiliation, frustration and hopelessness by the present leadership of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the new Prime Minister headed
by MAHMOUD ABBAS.
I have even been subjected to physical and psychological torture. As a
widow that is so traumatized, I have lost confidence with everybody in
the country at the moment.
You must have heard over the media reports and the Internet on the
discovery of some funds in my husband secret bank account and companies and the allegations of some huge sums of money deposited by my husband in my name of which I have refuse to disclose
or give up to the corrupt Palestine Government.
And they are not relenting on their effort to make me poor for life.
As you know, the Moslem community has no regards for women, more
importantly when the woman is from a Christian background, hence my desire for a foreign assistance.
I and my late husband deposited in my name the sum of 22 million
dollars cash in a trunk box in a finance firm in Europe in 2003. Names
withheld for now until we open communication. i will be glad if you can assist me to go to Holland, confirm the content and claim the $22 million USD cash in $100 dollars bills for me as my beneficiary.
After the claim, the fiduciary will assist you to transfer the cash
with their Bullion van to ABN -AMRO where a non-residential account will be opened in your name and the cash deposited for onward transfer to your account in your country.
You and I will know this arrangement alone and all our
correspondence should be strictly on email alone because our government has tapped all my lines and are monitoring all my moves.
In view of the above, if you are willing to assist for our mutual
benefits, i promise to give you $5 million of the $22,000,000 and the
balance will be kept in your position for a while and invested in your name for my trust pending when my Daughter, ZAHWA, will come off age and take full responsibility of her Family inheritance.
Please note that this is a golden opportunity that comes once in life
time and more so, if you are honest, I am going to entrust more funds in
your care as this is one of the legacy we keep for our children.
In case you accept proposal, I will give you the contacts of my
Attorney in UK who will assist you legally to claim the funds.
But if no, please do not let me out to the security and international
media as I am giving you this information on total trust and confidence
I will greatly appreciate it if you accept my proposal in good faith.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Suha D. Arafat.
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