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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: "david ess" <david_ess1964@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:21:01 -0800
Subject: Good Day
HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY?. HOPE ALL IS WELL.MY NAME IS ( SGT 1ST
CLASS ) DAVID V. ESS, I AM AN AMERICAN SOLDIER,SERVING IN THE MILITARY
WITH THE ARMY’S 3RD INFANTRYDIVISION.
WITH A VERY DESPERATE NEED FOR ASSISTANCE, I HAVE SUMMED UPCOURAGE TO
CONTACT
YOU.I FOUND YOUR CONTACT PARTICULARS IN AN ADDRESS JOURNAL. I AM
SEEKING YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE TO MOVE THE SUM OF ( $8 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS )
EIGHT MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS TO YOU, AS FAR AS I CAN BE ASSURED
THAT MY SHARE WILL BE SAFE IN YOUR CARE UNTIL I COMPLETE MY SERVICE
HERE.
SOME MONEY IN VARIOUS CURRENCIES WAS DISCOVERED IN BARRELS AT A
FARMHOUSE NEAR ONE OF SADDAM’S OLD PALACES IN TIKRIT-IRAQ DURING
A RESCUE OPERATION, AND IT WAS AGREED BY STAFF SGT KENNETH BUFF AND I
THAT SOME PART OF THIS MONEY BE SHARED AMONG BOTH OF US BEFOREINFORMING
ANYBODY ABOUT IT SINCE BOTH OF US SAW THE MONEY FIRST. THIS WAS QUITE
AN ILLEGAL
THING TO DO, BUT I TELL YOU WHAT ? NO COMPENSATION CAN MAKE UP FOR THE
RISK WE HAVE TAKEN WITH OUR LIVES IN THIS HELL HOLE. OF WHICH MY
BROTHER IN-LAW WAS KILLED BY A ROAD SIDE BOMB LAST TIME.
THE ABOVE FIGURE WAS GIVEN TO ME AS MY SHARE, AND TO CONCEAL THIS KIND
OF MONEY BECAME A PROBLEM FOR ME, SO WITH THE HELP OF A BRITHISH
CONTACT WORKING HERE, AND HIS OFFICE ENJOY SOME IMMUNITY, I WAS ABLE TO GET
THE PACKAGE OUT TO A SAFE LOCATION ENTIRELY OUT OFTROUBLE SPOT. HE DOES
NOT
KNOW THE REAL CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE, AND BELIEVES THAT IT BELONGS TO
A BRITHISH/AMERICAN MEDICAL DOCTOR WHO DIED IN AN RAID HERE IN IRAQ,
AND BEFORE GIVING UP, TRUSTED ME TO HAND OVER THE PACKAGE TO HIS FAMILY
IN
UNITED STATES. I HAVE NOW FOUND A VERY SECURED WAY OF GETTING THE
PACKAGE OUT OF IRAQ TO Your Country FOR YOU TO PICK UP, AND I WILL
DISCUSS THIS WITH YOU WHEN I AM SURE THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO ASSIST ME, AND
I BELIEVE THAT MY MONEY WILL BE WELL SECURED IN YOUR HAND BECAUSE YOU
HAVE FEAR
OF GOD.
I WANT YOU TO TELL ME HOW MUCH YOU WILL TAKE FROM THIS MONEY FOR THE
ASSISTANCE YOU WILL GIVE TO ME. ONE PASSIONATE APPEAL I WILL MAKE TO
YOU IS NOT TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER WITH ANYBODY, SHOULD YOU HAVE REASONS
TO REJECT THIS OFFER, PLEASE PLEASE AND PLEASE DESTROY THIS MESSAGE AS
ANY LEAKAGE OF THIS INFORMATION WILL BE TOO BAD FOR US SOLDIER’S
HERE IN IRAQ. I DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG WE WILL REMAIN HERE, AND I HAVE
BEEN SHOT,WOUNDED AND SURVIVED TWO SUICIDE BOMB ATTACKS BY THE SPECIAL
GRACE OF GOD, THIS AND
OTHER REASONS I WILL MENTION LATER HAS PROMPTED ME TO REACH OUT FOR
HELP, I HONESTLY WANT THIS MATTER TO BE RESOLVED IMMEDIATELY, PLEASE
CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH MY E-MAILADDRESS WHICH IS MY ONLY WAY
OF COMMUNICATION
GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.FIND OUR ATTARCH PHOTO
DAVID V. ESS.
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