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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: "lizzy johnson" <lizzy_johnson05@latinmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 21:44:43 +0100 (CET)
Subject: FROM MISS LIZZY JOHNSON
FROM MISS LIZZY JOHNSON
ABIDJAN. COTE D' IVOIRE=20
WEST AFRICA
=20
DEAREST ONE.
I AM THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF MY LATE PARENTS MR.AND MRS Johnson Koto. MY F=
ATHER WAS A HIGHLY REPUTABLE BUSNESS MAGNET WHO OPERATED IN THE CAPITAL=
OF IVORY COAST DURING HIS DAY.=20
=20
IT IS SAD TO SAY THAT HE PASSED AWAY MYSTERIOUSLY IN FRANCE DURING ONE =
OF HIS BUSINESS TRIPS ABROAD ON THE 12TH SEPTEMBER 2003. THOUGH THIS SU=
DDEN 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 MY MOTHER DIED WHEN I WAS JUST 6YRS OLD, AND SINCE THEN MY FAHTER=
TOOK ME SO SPECIAL.
=20
BEFORE HIS DEATH ON SEPTEMBER 2003, HE CALLED ME AND IFORMED ME THAT HE=
HAS THE SUM OF EIGHT MILLION,SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLA=
RS. (USD$8,700,000.00) LEFT IN FIXED DEPOSIT ACCOUNT IN ONE OF THE LEAD=
ING BANKS IN AFRICA.HE FURTHER TOLD ME THAT HE DEPOSITED THE MONEY IN M=
Y NAME, AND ALSO GAVE ME ALL THE NECESSARY BUT LEGAL DOCUMENTS TO THIS =
FUND WITH THE BANK.
I AM JUST 19 YEARS OLD AND A UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE AND REALLY DON't =
KNOW WHAT TO DO.NOW I WANT AN ACCOUNT OVERSEAS WHERE I CAN TRANSFER THI=
S FUNDS AND AFTER THE TRANSACTUON I WILL COME AND RESIDE PERMANENTLY IN=
YOUR COUNTRY TILL SUCH A TIME THAT IT WILL BE CONVINIENT FOR ME TO RET=
URN BACK HOME IF I SO DESIRE.
=20
THIS IS BECAUSE I HAVE SUFFERED A LOT OF SET BACKS AS A RESULT OF INCES=
SANT POLITICAL CRISIS HERE IN IVORY COAST. THE DEATH OF MY LATE FATHER =
ACTUALLY BROUGHT SORROW TO MY LIFE. I ALSO WANT TO INVEST THE FUND UNDE=
R YOUR CARE BECAUSE I AM IGNORANT OF BUSINESS WORLD.
I AM IN A SINCERE DESIRE OF YOUR HUMBLE ASSISTANCE IN THIS REGARDS. YOU=
R SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS WILL BE HIGHLY REGARDED. NOW PERMIT ME TO ASK T=
HESE FEW QUESTIONS:
=20
1.CAN YOU HONESTLY HELP ME FROM YOUR HEART?
2.CAN I COMPLETELY TRUST YOU?
3.WHAT PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL AMOUNT IN QUESTION WILL BE GOOD FOR YOU AFTE=
R THE MONEY IS IN YOUR ACCOUNT?
=20
PLEASE,CONSIDER THIS AND GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
IMMEDAITELY I CONFIRM YOUR WILLINGNESS,I WILL SEND TO YOU MY PICTURE AN=
D ALSO INFORM YOU MORE DETAILS INVOLVED IN THIS MATTER.
=20
KIND REGARDS,
MISS Lizzy Johnson.=20
La carrera hacia la Casa Blanca, a un click de distancia http://www.sta=
rmedia.com/noticias/especiales/gobiernousa.html
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