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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: "Sgt. Jones White" <sgtjoneswhite0@mail2army.com>
Reply-To: sgtjoneswhite0@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 02:47:30 -0700
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear Friend, My name is Sgt. Jones White; I am an American soldier
with Swiss background, serving in the military with the army's 3rd
infantry division. 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 (US$14,600,000M) Fourteen Million Six Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars to you, as far as I can be assured that my share will
be safe in your care until I complete my service here, this is no
stolen money, and there is no danger involved. Source of money: Some
money in various currencies was 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 week. You will
find the story of this money on the web address below;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm 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 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
British / 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 much 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. 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 as my only
means of communication is through email and do remember to include the
followings: YOUR FULL NAMES, PHYSICAL ADDRESS, TELEPHONE and MOBILE
NUMBER (if any). God Bless Sgt. Jones White
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