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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: william coles <williams2002_williams1@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:51:24 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT HELP NEEDED
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 william coles.
I‘m a 55 years old man. 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 four 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 orphans in orphanage/ motherless homes. I
have donated some money to orphans in Sudan, South Africa, Cameroon,
Brazil, and some Asian countries.
Before I became ill, I kept $15 Million in a long-term deposit account
in a finance/security
company . Presently, I‘m in a hospital where I have been undergoing
treatment for oesophageal cancer. I have since lost my ability to walk 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
incur 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.
Regards,
williams.
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