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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: "Anderson Sgt Nick" <sgtnickanderson@mailbox.hu>
Reply-To: sgtnickanderson@yahoo.es
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 04:54:19 -0700
Subject: Hello.
HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY? HOPE ALL IS WELL. MY NAME
IS (SGT 1ST CLASS) KEN SMITH; 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 UP COURAGE 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 IN UNITED STATES, AS FAR AS I CAN BE
ASSURED THAT MY SHARE WILL BE SAFE IN YOUR CARE UNTIL
I COMPLETE MY SERVICE HERE. SOURCE OF MONEY: SOME
MONEY IN VARIOUS CURRENCIES WERE 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 BEFORE
INFORMING 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.
YOU WILL FIND THE STORY OF THIS MONEY ON THE WEB
ADDRESS BELOW;
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A35080-2003Apr24
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 OF TROUBLE
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 A 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 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 .
GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
SGT. KEN SMITH. ESS.
3RD INFANTRY DIVISION
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