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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: "GLAD .A ." <aqqqglad@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 02:08:05 +0100
Subject: Urgent Reply
Dear
Please i am sorry for disturbing you, but i need your
help, my name is GLAD ALAMIEYESEIGH the impeach governor of
bayelsa state of nigeria (DSP Alamieyeseigha) is my uncle,
who is standing trial now b/c we did not surport president
obasenjo life in office, b4 his arrest he gave me the total
of $1.5m us dollars which i was surpose to drop at london
bank, when he had that problem i sent the money to india,
for safe keeping and now i need the money but i can not go
to india, because of my passport,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4456300.stm
thats why i am looking for a good indian person who will
help me, to collect this money and send my own share of
it.if you agree i will send the airway bill to you for
collection in india. what you need is to call the diplomat
in india or the diplomat will call you, and they will give
you time to come and collect it and i pack it in 3 boxes of
$.5m us dollars each, i did not tell them that is money, i
told them is family treasure, but you can open it in their
presence to be sure that the money is complete, pls no risk
on it and i will give you 20% of the money, and i have paid
the expenses to send it to india and if you go they will
give you $.5m first and you send it to me and go back and
collect the rest for me and don't forget to collect your %
before sending it to me,
on ur reply pls send to me your mobile phone number and
adress so that i will use it to call you, for collection is
already in india. your phone number, adress and id card you
will use to collect it, pls send it to my private email
adress pls not this one, the diplomat has told me that they
will release it immediatle if i tell them to do so, under
24 hrs,
Thanks
Glad (Ms)
+234-8053583277
aglad@hutchcity.com
aglad@jmail.co.za
NB, Don't forget your mobile number and reply to my private
email adress, my number you may not get me from monday to
friday due to my work on saturday and sunday i am at home.
but i will call u once i have your number (mobile)
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