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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: "Mark Combs" <sonybonanza_sales@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: sonybonanza_sale@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 15:49:31 +0000
Subject: Recruiting Suppliers for Sony products.....

Greetings! We are distributors of Sony products Incorporated . The company
is embarking on a massive drive of making Sony products a household brand
worldwide.To this end, we are recruiting suppliers for the various products
of Sony products ranging from phones, laptops,Plasma screen television) and
all other brands. Sony is slashing the prices of their products by 40%
discount to it's recruited suppliers. You will be required to send your
contacts as you recieve this message if interested upon which you will be
screened and selected to be one of our regional suppliers. You will have to
conduct a market research of our product's prices in your local market upon
which it is determined, you will be required upon the reciept of our goods
to remit 70% of the total. This is so because the company is having a
bonanza that would take 40% discount from all our products that is delivered
to our recruited suppliers and as such the price cannot be the same your
local market value prize. This offer is only valid till 15th of December
2006. You will be notified if you are selected after we recieve your
reply.You will not be qualified if you are under the age of 21. After you
are selected all other formalities and logistics with respect to your local
supply will be discussed. The following information will be required of you
:
Name, full contact address, phone number , age and fax if available.
Note: There is no registration fees whatsoever if selected . There would be
automatice disqualification for persons who send in wrong or incomplete
information because there would be a serious creening before selection.

BENEFIT FOR RECRUITED BEST SUPPLIERS:
i)40% price slash of each and any Sony product to recruited suppliers .
ii)Supplier will be given three free Sony products of any choice and a two
weeks vacation in any country of choice after one year of suppliership.

Regards
Mark Combs
Bonanza Chairman
Sony Electronic Inc.

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