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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: "Christopher John" <christopherjohn003@msn.com>
Reply-To: j_christopher102@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 01:13:57 +0000
Subject: PLEASE URGENT RESPONSE
Hello,
I am the personal assistant to the wife of the President of Nigeria Chief
Mrs. Stella who just died in a Spanish hospital on Saturday 22nd October
2005 She has been buried.
This might come to you as a surprise for the fact that boss death is still
afresh in all living memories in Nigeria, but I have to do this because if I
don't, some thing might go wrong with the estate and I don't want to regret
in future why I did not act fast. So try to understand me. I feel deeply
distressed about her death but I must act fast now.
On the 19th of October 2005,shortly before she left for Spain for surgary,
She gave me the sum of $9.5m cash which she instructed me to Deposit with a
security company. In the name of a foreign nationale. This name happens to
correspond with yours. And since she has not collected the documents from me
before she traveled and died in Spain. I have the documents with me. No one
else has the information and I signed the deposit slip. So I can Change it
with the bank if the name presented to the bank looks alike. I can easily
claim it was a minor oversight. Since I still have the documents and no one
else knows about it. I want to quickly use your name and particulars to
replace the existing one with the security company for the purpose of
transferring the fund to your account immediately.
I will like to do this immediately if you are willing to co-operate with me
.If y0u are interested, just respond to me immediately and I will give you
the details of how you can receive the funds in a couple of days.
Looking forward to your immediate response.
Thank you.
Mr. John Christopher
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