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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: ltcol.rwilliam1@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:06:29 +0000
Subject: Please We Need Your Help
Dear Friend,
Good day and compliments, I know this letter will definitely come to you as
a huge surprise, but I implore you to take the time to go through it
carefully as the decision you make will go off a long way to determine my
future and continued existence. Please allow me to introduce myself I am Lt.
Col. William Russell, I worked with the Engineering Unit of US Military
(MARINES) which patrols the Ba'qubah province here in Iraq.
I am desperately in need of assistance and I have summoned up courage to
contact you regardless of confidentiality. I found your contact particulars
in an address journal, I am seeking your assistance to evacuate the sum of
USD$20Million (Twenty million US Dollars) to any safe country of your choice
and should be invested in any lucrative business e.g Real Estate, Hotels
etc, as far as I can be assured that it will be safe in your care until I
complete my service here.
SOURCE OF MONEY: Some money in various currencies was discovered and
concealed in barrels with piles of weapons and ammunition at a location near
one of Saddam Hussein's old Presidential Palaces during a rescue operation.
This might appear as an illegal thing to do but I tell you, No compensation
can make up for the risks we have taken with our lives in this hell hole and
bullets flying zones. The above figure was concealed and was declared as a
military equipments.
We have made arrangement with a Diplomatic Courier Service that will move
the funds out of Iraq as a Family Treasures to where you want it.
Arrangement has been made also to transfer the funds through BANK OF
BAGHDAD. It all depends on what you want and how you want the funds to be
delivered to you. The most important thing is; "CAN I TRUST YOU"? Once the
funds gets to you.
I do not know for how long I will remain here as I have been lucky to have
survived several suicide bomb attacks by "Pure Divine Intervention"
Once the funds get to you, simply take out 20% as your share and invest the
remaining 80% for us.Your own part of this deal is to find a place where the
funds will be sent to. If you are interested, I will furnish you with more
details upon receipt of your response.
This and other reasons put into consideration have prompted me to reach out
for help. If it might be of interest to you then endeavour to contact me and
we would work out the necessary formalities but I pray that you are discreet
about this mutually benefiting relationship. Note that confidentiality is
very essential in this deal (
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm)
I look forward to your reply and co-operation.
Regards,
Lt. Col. William Russell
Email: ltcol.rwilliam1@yahoo.com
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