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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: Grace Lee <mrs_gracelee@msn.com>
Reply-To: <leemrsgrace@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 13:57:25 +0000
Subject: Charitable donation from Mrs. Grace Lee.
Dearly Beloved,
Greetings in the name of our Lord, I am Mrs. Grace Lee, a nationality of Switzerland, and I am presently hospitalized, due to my illness. I am 48 years old and I was diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer for about two years now. I am a widow to Late Mr. Ronald Lee. You see, my husband owned an import/export company which operated in the UK, West Africa, Switzerland and in China, where we spent most of our lives and I have served the Lord all through my life. From all indications, my condition is serious and is quite obvious that I may not live more than six months, because the cancer stage has gotten to a very severe state and my doctor has told me this.
My late husband was well to do and after his death, I inherited all his business and wealth. Presently my doctor told me that I may not live for more than six months, though I am not scared about this, I am not afraid of death, hence I will be in the bosom of the Lord forever. So, I now decided to look for an organization or an individual who is God fearing, that will use the funds for charity organization, by contributing to the development of evangelism in the world, assisting motherless babies’ homes and poor churches all over the world.
I selected you after searching the Internet for this purpose and prayed over it, for the fact that I always go into prayers in situations like this. I am willing to donate half of my husband’s wealth to you for the development of evangelism and also as aids for the less privileged around you rather than allow my husbands relatives to use my husband hard earned funds ungodly. You may contact my lawyer, Peter Meyer, with the specified address-:
Barrister Peter Meyer (Esq.)
9 Bedford Row London WC1R 4AZ
E-Mail: petermeyer.esq@msn.com
Phone: +44-703-592-4291
Ensure that you copy this correspondence to his email address above and tell him that I have asked you to reach him. Please, do not reply if you have the intention of using this fund for personal use, you will have a reasonable percentage of the total funds before investing the remainder of the funds for God’s works. Lastly, I want you and your church to keep praying for me regarding my health, because I have come to find out that wealth acquisition without Christ in one's life, is vanity upon vanity. If you have to die says the Lord, keep fit and I will give you the crown of life. May the Grace of our Lord be with you now and forever more, Amen.
Good luck in all your future endeavors and God bless you.
Thanks,
Mrs. Grace Lee.
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