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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: "AZEEZ MALIK." <azeez_iv@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: azeez_iv@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 15:40:30 +0100
Subject: PLEASE TREAT AS A MATER OF URGENT.
Dear Sir,
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I know this mail may come to you as a surprise, since we have not known or written or meet before. Introducing myself, I am Azeez Malik,21 years of age the only son of the late Mr and Mrs Alhassan Malik ,my father was a Gold and cocoa merchant based in Accra,Ghana and Abidjan(Ivory-Coast). he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business trips to europe.
Before the death of my father on Friday 28th Febuary 2003 in a private hospital. he secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of USD$22.7M(TwentyTwo Million Seven Hundred Thousand U.S),deposited with security company in europe, that he used my name as his only son for the next of kin in depositing the fund.
He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where he/she will help me to secure this money and use it for investment purpose such as expansion of his existing cocoa business and real estate management or Gold and cocoa merchant .
I am humbly seeking your assistance in the following ways :
1- To assist me in providing an account of yours where this fund can quietly be transferred into. 2- To serve as the guardian of this fund since I will still in the school.
3- To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to help me secure a residential permit in your country . Moreover, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within shortest possible time if you signify interested to assist me.
NB : Please reply immediately you receive my message through this email address or call for more discussion :
Email: azeez_iv@hotmail.com
God bless.
Best regard.
Azeez Malik.
Tel: 00233244578364.
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