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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: jeweltaylor06 <jeweltaylor06@tatanova.com>
Date:
Subject: WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT RESPONSE
TELEPHONE: 234-80-23648455.
EMAIL: jeweltaylor08@hotmail.com
From: Mrs. Jewel H. Taylor (Former First Lady, Republic of Liberia,
West Africa.
Attn: President/CEO
I am Mrs. Jewel Howard Taylor, an Americo-Liberian by birth and wife of
embattled President of war torn Liberia, Mr Charles Taylor. I am an
economist by profession.
My husband just stepped down as President of Liberia days ago, but
matters were not helped when UN Special War Crimes Court for Sierra Leone indicted my husband for war crimes in June this
year, demanding his prosecution.
Currently i and my husband have been granted asylum in Nigeria, but I
relocated my two sons (Williams & Charles Jnr) immediately in July 2003 to Sao
Tome & Principe (a small oil rich island off the coast of West Africa).
They are currently in hiding there under new identities, awaiting the
outcome of events in my country, and what will become of me and my husband in
asylum.
The reason is this. During the political crisis some years ago in Sierra
Leone (West African Country rich in diamonds), my husband was actively
involved.
Early this year, he entrusted some large quantities of diamonds to me.
He told me if anything happened to him, I should use it to take care of
myself.
Fearing its detection due to the volume, my son (Williams)
traveled to Holland with the diamonds (on my instructions) and sold
them, getting a total of US$28,000,000.00 (Twenty Eight million USDollars only).
This money he moved into a safe house in Holland for protective custody
under a different name.
Now, the government of Holland has refused issuing neither him nor my
family any visa to travel to their country again because of the current
political situation.
This is why I need you to please either travel to
Holland to claim this money and subsequently deposit same in a
reputable bank there for onward transfer to your account, or to instruct
the safe house to move the funds out of there to any of their
corresponding banks or offices in London or Europe for onward transfer to your
account.
Once you are able to show your sincerity I will send the necessary
correspondence and documentation related to the transaction to you to
effect this.
I am also willing to forfeit 30% of the funds to you, believing you will
hold 70% on trust for me and my two sons until we are able to leave here and join you under new identities.
My first son Williams is 27years old (an Economist), and Charles Jnr is
only 21 years old. My only daughter Helen died in October 1999 from complications of
pneumonia. Please note that my husband is not even aware that I sold the
diamonds, nor does he know the whereabout of the funds.Once I am sure the funds are safely out of Holland, I will divorce him
and leave with my sons to start a new life.
If you cannot help us, simply destroy and forget I ever contacted you.
You can contact me via telephone 234-80-23648455 ands or email,
jeweltaylor08@hotmail.com enclosing your contacts.
May God guide you in whatever you decide, and thank you for taking out
time to read this reqquest.
Fondest regards.
Mrs. Jewel Howard Taylor
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