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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: "ALEX TABARA" <alextabara@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 06:53:54 +0100
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL PLEASE:
Good day ,
My name is Alex Tabarra , an ex-US marine officer , now working with one
of the international agencies in Iraq which I will tell you later . I need
your assistance in moving the sum of Nine Million, Five hundred thousand
dollars ( $9.5m ) out of Iraq for investments in your country or any other
country of your choice . This money is not a stolen fund nor relate to money
laundering or drug money and there is no risk involved as all loop holes
that may lead to any trace have been sealed and made sure that coast is very
clear before contacting you , my priority is to see that the money is well
invested and my share kept safely until I complete my mission .
This is how I got the money , we discovered a huge sum of money which
was well concealed in barrels with piles of weapons and ammunitions at a
location near one of Saddam's old palaces during one of our rescue
operations . It was agreed by all parties present that the money be shared
amongst us, this was quite an illegal thing to do, but I tell you what ? no
compensation can make up for the risks we have taken with our lives in this
hell of a hole. 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 British
contact working here and his office enjoys 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 an
Asian/American who died in an air raid, and before giving up, trusted me to
hand over the package to his business associate.
I have now found a secured way of getting the package out to a safer
country for you to pick it up, and will discuss this with you when I am sure
that you are willing to assist me. One passionate appeal I will make to you
is not to discuss this matter with a third party, should you have reasons to
reject this offer, please destroy this mail as any leakage of this
information will be too bad for us. I do not know how long we will remain
here, and I have survived three 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.
Regards,
Alex Tabarra .
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