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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: Victoria Justin <vic_toria15@msn.com>
Reply-To: <victoria_justin1@live.fr>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:35:43 +0000
Subject: Dearest,
Dearest, Good day to you. How are you doing over there my dear, I hope that you are feeling so fine and healthy. Well, my name is Miss Victoria Justin from South Sudan. I am a young pretty single 24 years old girl; I hope that I will match your type, if you can give me the chance. I would like to know you better, since religion, distance and age doesn’t matter to me. I will send you my picture for you to see how I look like. I know you will be surprise when you will receive this letter on how do I got your Email ID, but I don’t want you to be afraid, well I got your Email ID through Yahoo Google Search after I have pray for two weeks to Almighty Allah to show me an honest and sincere person who will help me out in this situation I am into here in Burkina Faso as result of Refugee Camp. And Allah review to me that you are the right person who can help me out. However, I hope you are feeling fine? I am cool over here in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso. As I said earlier my names are Miss Victoria Justin, I am 24 years old from South Sudan in Africa and presently I am residing in the refugee camp here in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso as a result of the civil war going on in my country Sudan. My father Dr. Justin Yaac was the former Minister for SPLA Affairs and Special Adviser to President Salva Kiir of South Sudan for Decentralization before my father daed . I was the only survivor of the family since I was the only child of my parents and I managed to make my way to the nearby country Burkina Faso where I am leaving now. I would like to know more about you. Your likes and dislikes, your hobbies and what you are doing presently. I will tell you more about myself in my next mail. Please I also want to know how you look like, so please send me your picture. Kindly get back to me, so that I will tell you more about myself and for us to discuss urgent business proposal. Before the dead of my Daddy he deposited the sum of Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($10, 500, 000, 00 Million Dollar) in the bank here in Burkina Faso . And now I am in Burkina Faso and I have informed the bank about my plans to claim this money and the Branch manager of the Bank whom I met in person told me that my father's instruction to the bank was the money will be release to me only when I am married or present a trustee who will help me and invest the money overseas. They told me that I cannot withdraw the money here in Burkina Faso due the law guiding in their bank, and they also told me to look for a foreign partner who will stand on my behalf as my Husband or Trustee before the money can be released and transfer to he or her. You will have 25% of the total money by helping me and 5% will be for any expenses may be occur during the transfer of the money here or in your country and the remaining money will be managed by me with your help in any business over there in your country, since I am still young to manage the money alone. In this regards I will like you to contact the bank immediately after I receive your response I will send you the bank contact for you to contact them. hence you are assuring me that you will not cheat or betrayed me, you will tell them that you are my Husband or my Trustee and that you want to know the possibilities of assisting me transfer my ($10.5 Million Dollars) deposited by my late father of which I am the next of kin to my father’s account. Hoping to hear from you soonest, Yours Faithfully Miss Victoria Justin
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