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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: "Green Watt" <greenwatt10@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: greenwatt@o2.pl
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:43:28 +0000
Subject: WE CAN HELP THE NEEDY
Send reply to :greenwatt@o2.pl
DEAR FRIEND,
MY NAME IS GREEN WATT AND I WAS BORN ON THE 1ST OF OCTOBER
1950,THAT MAKES ME 55 YEARS THIS YEAR.
I WAS NOT BORN WITH THE PROVERBIAL SILVER SPOON.AND YEARS OF
POVERTY AND HUNGER PROVIDED ME A PLATFORM TO STRIVE TO SUCCEED IN
LIFE AND THIS I MUST CONFESS I DID,ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP.IN DOING
SO I PROMISED MY SELF TO NEVER SHOW LOVE OR MERCY TO ANYONE,AND
THIS I DID WITH HATRED IN MY HEART AND NO LOVE.
OVER THE YEARS,I MADE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY AS MUCH ESTATES AS
POSSIBLE OF MY CHOICE,I NEVER MARRIED,BUT HAD CHIDREN TWO BOYS
WHOM I JUST HAD TO TOLERATE FOR I WAS TOLD THEY HAD MY BLOOD
FLOWING IN THEIR VEINS.I CAN NOT REMEMBER EVER FEELING LOVE FOR
THEM.AND THIS ATTTUDE I ALSO SHOWED TO ANYONE FOR I BELIEVED THAT
THEY JUST WANT TO BE WITH ME FOR THE MONEY.AND I ALWAYS ASKED MY
SELF WHERE THEY WERE WHEN I WAS HUNGRY AND CRYING AS A CHILD.I
SWORE NEVER TO SHOW LOVE TO ANY ONE.
ONE YEAR AGO I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER AND WITH ALL MY WEALTH
AND POWER,NOTHING AND NO ONE CAN SAVE ME.WHEN I WAS TOLD OF MY
ILLNESS,A SUDDEN CALM TOOK OVER ME AND I FOUND MYSELF FULL OF
TEARS AND REGRET FOR MY LIFE FLASHED BEFORE ME,LIVING ME
PERPLEXED. AND THERE AND THEN I RESOLVED TO MAKE AMENDS FOR ALL
THE PAIN I CAUSED EVERYONE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY.
SO I DECIDED TO SET UP A TRUST FUND FOR THE NEEDIES.AND I MADE MY
SONS THE SIGNATORY TO THE ACCOUNT,LEAVING THEM WITH THE
RESPONSIBILTY OF DISBURSING FUNDS TO ORGANISATIONS OF MY
CHOICE.NOW I HAVE RELIABLE INFORMATION THAT MY WISH HAS NOT BEEN
CARRIED OUT AS I INSTRUCTED.FOR MY OWN FLESH AND BLOOD,HAVE
CONSPIRED TO STEAL WHAT I ASKED THEM TO GIVE TO THE NEEDY.
NOW I HAVE DECIDED THAT I WILL GET SOMEONE THAT CAN HELP ME
DISBURSE THE FUNDS WORTH US$15 MILLION AMERICAN DOLLARS IN A TRUNK
BOX IN A SECURITY COMPANY IN EUROPE HONESTLY THIS IS WHAT WAS LEFT
FOR ME ALL OF THE MONEY I MADE, VERY UNBELIEVABLE AND SHOCKING .
THIS FUNDS WILL BE GIVEN TO CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS OF MY CHOICE.
I WANT TO STATE HERE THAT THIS PERSON WILL RECEIVE 30% OF US$15
MILLION FROM ME .AS MY ILLNESS GRADUALLY EATS DEEP IN ME,I NEED
SOMEONE THAT WILL BE MY EYES.ALL ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE WHEN U
GET IN TOUCH WITH ME,YOU WILL RECEIVE INSTUCTIONS ON WHAT TO
DO.THIS IS A CRY FOR HELP AND I NEED A HAND TO EASE THE PAIN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.PLEASE IF YOUR INTERESTED PLEASE YOU CAN
CONTACT ME URGENTLY THROUGH ABOVE E MAIL ADDRESS.
LET US JOIN HANDS AND HELP THE NEEDIES AND LESS PRIVILEDGED IN THE
SOCIETY,THIS IS VERY LEGITIMATE , NO RISK IS INVOLVED AT ALL. AS
SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU, I WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO MY LAWYER WHO
WILL HELP TO FASCILITATE THIS TRANSACTION. OR YOU SEND IT TO MY
ALTERNATIVE E MAIL ADDRESS THUS:
greenwatt@o2.pl
GREEN WATT
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