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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: "andre_lucas Gazeta.pl" <andre_lucas@gazeta.pl>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:00:05 +0200
Subject: HELP
DR ANDRE LUCAS.
REPLY TO:andre_lucas@fsmail.net <TO%3Aandre_lucas@fsmail.net>
:andre_lucas@sify.com
Hi, I sincerely hope that this letter will not come to you as a surprise or
an embarrassment since we neither knew each other before nor had any neither
previous correspondence nor contact. Do accept my sincere apologies if my
mail does not meet your personal ethics although,
I wish to use this medium to get in touch with you first because it's
fastest means. I believe it will be a surprise to you as we have never met
before, and I am deeply sorry if I have in any manner disturbed your
privacy. Please forgive this unusual manner of contacting you. Let me start
by introducing myself.
My name is Dr.Andre Lucas; I was into currency exchange business, a British
national from United Kingdom. I have been diagnosed with Oesophageal cancer.
It has defied all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only
about a few months to live, according to medical experts. I have not
particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for anyone (not
even myself) but my business. Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I
was always hostile to people and only focused on my business as that was the
only thing I cared for.
But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than
just wanting to have or make all the money in the world. I believe when God
gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a
different way from how I have lived it. Now that God has called me, I have
willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended
family members as well as a few close friends .I want God to be merciful to
me and accept my soul so, I have decided to give alms to charity
organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on
earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the
U.A.E, Somalia and Malaysia. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I
cannot do this myself anymore. I once asked members of my family to close
one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity
organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan; they refused and kept the money to
themselves.
Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with
what I have left for them. The last of my money which no one knows of is the
huge cash deposit of Two Million dollars ($2,000,000.00) that I have with
financial institution abroad. I will want you to help me collect this
deposit and dispatch it to charity organizations. Please kindly note that
upon the receipt of these funds from the financial institution abroad, you
shall invest it in your line of business and dispatch the profit to
charitable home. As soon as i receive your response, I shall communicate
with you, and let you know the details of the transfer. Whatever your
actions and your decision, I thank you for taking the time to read this
email.
Regards,
Dr Andre Lucas
andre_lucas@fsmail.net
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