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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: "Barr. Ben Williams" <benwilliams152@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <mamamark01@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 02:50:14 +0100
Subject: This is your Compensation.
Compliment my good friend, I am delighted to inform you about our tremendous success in getting those funds transferred. Honestly, as i promise initially before we took of our transaction at thesame time to show appreciation despite the circumstances occurred which delay our fund i wish to inform you about the business transaction i called you for an assistance has finally worked out now by God's infinite mercy.
Right now, i have succeeded in concluding the transaction with the help of a new partner from Luxembourg after we strike a deal with one of the Lady accountant who works with the Remittance Department of the Federal Ministry of Finance which she rendered a tremendous help to us. My new partner initiated this idea and everything worked out successfully. I decided to contact you, just to let you know, I have conscience as a human being also a christian. Nevertheless, not to neglate your earlier assistance to me in receiving the Funds in your account. I have decided to compensate you with the sum of USD$1.5m according to agreement reached with my new partiner.
Meanwhile, I am presently in Luxemburg for numerous business negotiations and investment. I just arrived yesterday night and checked inn, in a hotel and decided to go down to the hotel business centre to mail you. Now, with my sincere heart, I Left a bank draft of $1.5m in the custody of my Secretary on your behalf as your COMPENSATION for your honest, transperency and effort made on this transaction.
Contact my Secretary now with the following contact information also notify him on how you get the information so that he will not going to make any mistake ;-
Mr. Johnson Don. Email: donsondon01@yahoo.fr 1. YOUR FULL NAME ..........................2. ADDRESS WHERE TO SEND THE MONEY........................3. YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER ...............................
4. SCAN COPY OF YOUR NATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVERS LICENSE ....................
Please guaid him on how you want the draft to be posted to you. Further, he will advice you if there is any other thing you needed to provide and inform me as soon as you receive your draft and so that we will celebrate together as pertinergers
Sincerely Yours,Barr. Ben Williams. The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. It is intended solely for the address. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and maybe unlawful.
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