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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: "Anthony Kone" <akpm2@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 11:23:21 +0100
Subject: From:A S Kone Good day.
Dearest,
It is a good a thing to write you. I have a proposal
for you-this however is not mandatory nor will I in
any manner compel you to honour against your will.
Actually, I am Anthony kone,19years old and my
junior sister Sabin kone the children of late parents
Mr.and Mrs. kone O'Neal from a Royal family in
Ghana.
My father was a highly reputable business magnet-
(a cocoa merchant)who operated in the capital of
Ivory coast during his days.
It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in
France during one of his business trips abroad year
12th.Febuary 2001.Though his sudden death was
linked or rather suspected to have been
masterminded by an uncle of his who travelled with
him at that time.But God knows the truth!
Our mother died when I was 13 years old,and since
then our father took us so special. Before my fathers
death on Febuary 12 2001 told me he has the sum
of Eleven million,seven hundred thousand United
State Dollars.(USD$11.700,000)left in one of the leading
security company in Europe.
He made the deposit of the fund in a metalic trunk box
as containing family valuable that belongs to a foreign
partner.
He further told me that he deposited the box in my
name as all the documents bear my name as the
depositor,and for the company not to open the box
he made the the beneficary as foreign partner.
I am just 19 years old and a university undergraduate,
my only junior sister is 17years old and really we cannot
handle the retrivemet of this fund alone without the help
of a foreign partner.This is because we have suffered a
lot of set backs as a result of incessant political crisis here
in Ivory coast.The death of our father actually brought alot
sadnees to our life.
I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this
regards. Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded.
Now permit me to ask these few questions:-
1. Can you honestly help us as your family ?
2. Can we completely trust you?
3. What percentage of the total amount in question
will be good for you ?
Please,Consider this and get back to me as soon as
possible. Through my private email box bellow for
security reasons:(ankpm450@hotmail.com)
My sincere regards,
Anthony Kone.
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