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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: PAUL FRED <jonespatrick@emsergipe.com>
Reply-To: Paul_fred55@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:55:13 -0300
Subject: PAUL FRED
Hello Sir,My name is Paul Fred,.I work as an office assistant to regional manager o=f (ECOBANK). There was an account opened in this bank in 1999 and since 2=001 nobody has operated this account again. After going through some old =files in the records,I discovered that if I do not remit this money out u=rgently it would be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is M=r.Morris Thompson, a foreigner, Business Man and a Shell oil and gas Comp=any, a Geologist by profession who died in 2000. No other person knows th=is account or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiar=y and my investigation proved to me as well that this company does not kn=ow anything about this account and the money involved is fifteen million =(US$ 15 Million) I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this mon=ey can not be approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved to =any foreign account because the money is in United States Dollars and the= former owner Mr. Morris Thompson is a foreigner too.I know that this message will come to you as surprise as we dont know our=selves before. We will sign an agreement, but be sure that it is real and= a genuine business. You can view the web site bellow for more informatio=n on our late client.http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/ with believe =in God that you will never let me down in this business, considering my p=osition as a public servant. You are the only person that I have contacte=d in this business; so please reply urgently so that I will inform you th=e next step to take immediately. Send also your private telephone and cel=l phone numbers.I have decided that as soon as the money is fully gotten and confirmed in= your account,i shall come down to your country for sharing.Now i am prop=osing that you shall take,35% of the whole amount while you keep 60% for =me while 5% will kept aside to augument what we have expended to actualis=e this tranasaction.Meanwhile, I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner= with foreign account and foreign beneficiary. I need your full co-operat=ion to make this work fine because the management is ready to approve thi=s payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, w=hich I will give to you as soon as you indicate your sincerity to co-oper=ate with me, and capability to handle such amount in strict confidence an=d trust according to my instruction and advice for our mutual benefit bec=ause this opportunity may never come again in my life. I need a truthful =and God fearing person in this business because I dont want to make a mis=take so I need your strong assurance and trust. With my position in the o=ffice I dont want anything that will jeopardize my job so I advice that w=e should make secrecy and confidentiality our primary working condition, =bearing in mind that I am a public servant.I look forward to your earliest reply,to confirm receipt of this mail now=,call me on +234- immediately.Yours sincerely,Paul FredImmediate response needed
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