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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: "Mr.Victor Williams" <victorwilliams3552@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: victorwilliams3551@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:55:25 +1000
Subject: I await your response Urgently.
From Mr.Victor Williams. TELEPHONE:+44-704-570-3177 FAX
NUMBER:+44-870-135-0395 We are Diplomatic Corp that holds special and
valuable consignments for reputable clients that are honest and
trustworthy. We work in collaboration with top firms all over the
world as we have earned a name as a service whose hallmarks in
reliability and confidentiality are revered. International missions,
Diplomats, Embassies of the world have used our services to
satisfaction. A benefactor has mandated me to get someone that can
assist her and her family in retrieving her package containing some
amount of money from a Diplomatic Corp in Europe. The benefactor and
her children have been confined only to their country home and all
their calls and movements are monitored, as a result,its absoultely
impossible for them to do anything as regards retrieving the money.
Their only means of communication is via internet and you are being
contacted because your assistance is needed in claiming the funds
on
their behalf. The amount was accrued from Diamond sales over a period
of six years and its USD75M (Seventy Five Million U.S.Dollars). These
funds are fully free of any liens, or encumbrances and are clean,
clear and has no criminal origin. The funds have nothing to do with
any form of illegality and all documentations needed to prove the
source of the funds were submitted when the funds were being deposited
and these documents would prove the source of the funds and
authenticate the fact that the funds are clean and has no links
whatsoever with either drugs or terrorism. For your assistance in
this transaction,the benefactor and her Children have agreed to give
you 30% of the total amount of money which is equivalent to US$22.5
Million (Twenty Two Million,Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) and this role simply entails retrieving the funds on their
behalf from the Diplomats in Europe and all the information needed to
claim the funds would be sent to you as soon as you
indicate your
interest in assisting them as well as providing the following
information to facilitate the smooth conclusion of the transaction. 1)
Your Full Name: 2) Your Address: 3) Your Telephone Number: 4) Your Fax
Number: 5) Your Mobile Number: 6) The Name of the Closest Airport to
your City of Residence: 7) Your Age: I await your response Urgently.
Mr.Victor Williams
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