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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: "Jose Martinez" <jmartinez6@sympatico.ca>
Reply-To: charitydonations@blackburnmail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 07:21:15 +0000
Subject: WELFARE DISTRIBUTION!!
Dear friend,
Greetings to you in the name of our heavenly God. This mail might come
to you as a surprise and the temptation to ignore it as unserious could come
into your mind; but please, consider it a divine wish and accept it
with a deep sense of humility. My name is Mr.Jose Martinez. I am British
living in Dubai (United Arab Emirate). I was a merchant and owned two
businesses in Dubai. I was also married with two children. My wife and two
children died in a car accident six years ago. 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 families. I have been helping orphan
in orphanage/ motherless homes. I have donated some money to orphans in
Sudan, South Africa, Cameroon,
Brazil, Spain, Austria, Germany and some Asian countries. Before I became
ill, I kept $5.5 Million in a long-term deposit account in a finance
company in Europe . Presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been
undergoing treatment for oesophageal cancer. I have since lost my
ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months
to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to charity
organizations. 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 collect the deposit and the interest accrued from the company
and distributes it amongst charity organizations. Use your judgement to
distribute the money and feel free to reimburse yourself when you have the
money for any cost you incure during the process of collecting and
distributing the money to charity organizations. I'm willing to offer you a
reward If you are willing to help; please reply as soon as you can. May
the good Lord bless you and your family. Please reply me urgently.
Regards,
Mr.Jose Martinez.
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