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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: Jean Holley <jean.holley@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:54:45 +0000
Subject: UGENTLY.....
How are you doing today? I am sorry I didn't inform you about my traveling to Africa for a program called "Empowering Youth to Fight Racism, HIV/AIDS, Poverty and Lack of Education. The program is taking place in three major countries in Africa, which are Ghana, South Africa and Nigeria. It has been a very sad and bad moment for me, the present condition that i found myself is very hard for me to explain.I am really stranded in Nigeria because I forgot my little bag in the Taxi where my money, passport, documents and other valuable things were kept on my way to the Hotel am staying, I am facing a hard time here because i have no money on me. I now owning a hotel bill of $1,400 and they wanted me to pay the bill soon or else they will have to seize my bag and hand me over to the Hotel Management. I need this help from you urgently to help me back home, I need you to help me with the hotel bill and i will also need $1,800 to feed and help myself back home. So please can you help me with a sum of $3,200 to sort out my problems here? I need this help so much and on time because i am in a terrible and tight situation here, I don't even have money to feed myself for a day which means i had been starving, so please understand how urgent i need your help. I am sending you this e-mail from the Library,I will appreciate what so ever you can afford to send me for now and I promise to pay back your money as soon as i return home.
I am really stranded in Nigeria.I need this help so much and on time because i am in a terrible and tight situation here,I don't even have money to feed myself for a day which means i had been starving so please understand how urgent i needed your help.Please understand that i dont have money to feed my self for a day and i will appriciate any amount you can afford to sent me for me to feed my sefl.please do it today and email me back.So please use the information below to transfer the money to me through Western Union money transfer because that is the only way i could be able to get it fast and leave. Here is the information below?
Recivers Name: jean holley
Address: 16 Limit Hotel Avenue Street
City: Victoria Island
State: Lagos
Country: Nigeria
Zip Code: 23401
Text question: To who
Answer: jean holley
Please do it and email me back with the western union information. the mtcn numbers,so that i can pick up the money and leave.Hope to hear from you soon. The embassy here have already promised to give me a recovering traveling papers that i will need to have my way back home, all i need right now is the money to settle up the bills and leave. i promise to pay back your money as soon as i return home please i only hope on you now please understand it very hard for me to explain.Thanks
best
regards
jean holley
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