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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: Mrs Willie Sandra <mrswillie101@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:18:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: I CRAVE YOUR INDULGENCE TO READ THIS MAIL.
I CRAVE YOUR INDULGENCE TO READ THIS MAIL.
Greetings in the name of God,Pls let this not sound strange to you for my o=
nly surviving lawyer who would have done this died early this year.i prayed=
and got you email id from your countrys chambers of commerce which i have =
been with my late husband and liked to visit once more if God will in his i=
nfinite mercies.=20
=A0
I am Mrs Willie Sandra,I am 51 years old,i am deaf and suffering from a lon=
g time cancer of the lungs which also affected my brain,from all indication=
my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that, accord=
ing to my doctors they have advised me that i may not live for the next two=
months,this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage.=20
=A0
I was brought up from a motherless babies home, was married to my late husb=
and for twenty years without a child.My husband died in a fatal motor accid=
ent.Before his death we were true Christians. Since his death I decided not=
to re-marry,I sold all my inherited belongings and deposited all the sum o=
f $18.5million dollars with a Security Company.=20
=A0
Presently, this money is still with them and the management just wrote me a=
s the true owner to come forward to receive the money for keeping it so lon=
g or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my=
behalf since I can not come over because of my illness or they get it conf=
isticated.=20
=A0
Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have been undergoing tr=
eatment for cancer of the lungs. I have since lost my ability to talk and m=
y doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live. It is my last=
wish to see that this money is invested to any organisation of your choice=
and distributed each year among the charity organization,the poor and the =
motherless babies home where i come from.I want you God fearing, to also us=
e this money to fund churches, orphanages and widows.=20
=A0
I took this decision, before i rest in peace because my time will soon be u=
p. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Secu=
rity Company.I will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove yo=
u as the new beneficiary of my fund. Please assure me that you will act acc=
ordingly as I stated herein. Hoping to hearing from you soon. Waiting for y=
our reply.=20
Yours in Christ,=20
Mrs Willie Sandra =0A=0A=0A
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