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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: Al Yusuf <alyusuf02@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 03:51:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Thanks for your reply.


Dear Robert,

Good day, My name is Sarah Mohammed, private nurse to Mr Yusuf, One of our patient that having Leukemia, He asked me to assist him in typing email to you

He says,Thanks for your reply, I really do appreciate your feelings and interest towards helping the poor kids. Many years ago I have always wanted to have my own charity organization in the past but I never did.

He said that he understand your situation and you know quit well the fund is deposited in Europe on one the Finance Company so all you have to do is to try and pull yourself together and get this fund claimed for the purpose of my wish so that you will also go around the world and donate to the needs too after your treatments.

Mr. Yusuf wish to let you know that the Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina Victims as well as Charity Organizations needs help so when I have this kind of fund deposited and dying in Cancer,
So all I need from you is to carry out my wish as my last project and to make the claim from the Private Financial Security Firm where the fund is deposited as the new beneficiary so that you will disburse this fund to the needs as stated above.

He said that he wants you to send him the below information so that he will forward it to the Utility Finance where the fund is deposited in your name so that when the fund gets to you the project will start up immediately.

Your full names
Residential address
Telephone:
Age
Occupation.

He said thank you for accepting to help the less privileges and ALLAH bless you.

I await for your reply of this email.

Sarah Mohammed
For
Al- Yusuf.





Pastor Robert Ised <EMAILADDRESS>
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Subject: Can we help you?
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Dearly Beloved
A member of my small congregation read of your plight and passed on the information to me Pastor Ised. He asked if our church could help you in any way.
First of all we prayed for your safe deliverance from your illness .... please join us in our prayers



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