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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: KAMIL HASSAN <kamilhassan57@aol.com>
Reply-To: kamil.hassan101@yahoo.de
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:59:46 +0100
Subject: WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS !!
Greetings.
As you read this, don't feel sorry for me, because it is the destiny of =
everyman
to die someday.I am Kamil Hassan a naturalised briton by birth and a business =
merchant based in the United Kingdom.I have been diagnosed with Esophageal =
cancer.
It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only =
about a few months to live, according to medical experts.I regret that I have =
not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for =
anyone(not even myself), but my trade.Though I am very well to do, I was =
never open handed; I was always hostile to people and regarded them like they =
never had hopes of becoming as successful as myself.Now I know that there is =
a lot more to life than just prosperity.
I believe that when I am given a second chance to come to this world,I would =
live my life a different way from how I have lived it. Now that death is =
eminent, I have willed and given most of my belonging to immediate and =
extended family members, as well as a few close friends.I want Allah to be =
merciful to me and accept my soul. Hence I have decided to support charity =
work; this is what i want to be remembered for.So far, I have been able to =
reach out to a few charity organizations in the Singapore,Algeria and =
Malaysia.Now that my health has deteriorated so badly,I cannot do this myself =
anymore.
I once asked members of my family to aid me in giving of alms to those =
organizations catering for the less privileged in Bulgaria and Pakistan;they =
refused and kept the resources to themselves.Hence,I do not trust them =
anymore,as they seem not to be contempt with what I have left for them.
The last of my belonging which no one knows of,is the huge deposit of Four =
and half milion US dollars that I have in a safe keeping company abroad,which =
I will want you to secure and bestow to charity organizations.Please reply =
to my secured email address
kamil.hassan101@yahoo.de
For your time and devotion,I have set aside a tenth of this for you.
Allah be with you.
Kamil Hassan.
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