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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: "Tony" <tonynkosi1@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: t_nkosi@fastermail.com
Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 12:01:40 +0200
Subject: 20% For Your Acceptance
Dear Friend,
I am TONY NKOSI, the first son of late chief JOSEPH NKOSI, from mende district
in Sierra Leone.
I got your Contact through the world online\internet network.My source of
your contact gave me the courage and Confidence to contact you about this
very delicate matter.
I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to Seek your
assistance to transfer our cash of twenty One million eight hundred thousand
dollars($21,800,000) now in The custody of a security and trust company
to your private account pending our arrival to Your country.
SOURCE OF THE MONEY:
My late father, Chief JOSEPH NKOSI, a native of mende district in the Northern
province of Sierra Leone, was the general Manager of The National Mining
Co-operation (N.M.C.) Freetown. According to my father.
This money was the income accrued from mining Co-operations over draft and
minor sales. Before the peak of the civil war between the rebels forces
of major Paul Koroma and the combined forces of ECOMOG peace keeping operation
that almost destroyed my country, following the forceful removal from power
of the Civilian Elected President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah by the rebels.
My father had already made arrangement for his family(my mother, my younger
sister and myself)to be evacuated to a neighboring West African country,with
our personal effects and the box containing the money. My father deposited
the box in a private Security Company for the safe custody until after the
war when he will join us.
During the war in my country, and following the indiscriminate looting of
public and Government properties by the rebel forces, the mining coop. Was
one of the targets looted and destroyed.
My father including other top Government functionaries Were attacked and
killed by the rebels because of his relationship with the civilian Government
of Ahmed Tejan Kabbah.As a result of my father death, and with the news
of my uncles involvement in an air crash in January our hope of survival
was completely dashed.
The untimely deaths caused my mother heart failure and other related complications
of which she has been suffering from all these years. She died in the hospital
just last month after we have spent a lot of money on her.
Now my younger sister and myself (I am 26 and she is 18) are alone in this
strange country suffering without any care or help without any relatives,
we are now like refugees and orphans. Our only hope now is in you and the
box deposited in the security company. We can't go back to Sierra Leone
even after peace have been restored because We don't know what will happen
to us as its the murderers that are now in power.
To this effect, I humbly solicit your assistance in the following ways.
-To assist me claim this box from the security company as a foreign partner/beneficiary.
-To transfer this money in your name to your country.
-To make a good arrangement for a joint business Investment on our behalf
in your country and you the caretaker.
-To secure a college for my younger sister and myself in your country to
further our education.
-To make arrangement for our travel with you to Your country after you have
transferred this fund.
Most importantly, the security company officials do not know the exact content
of the box because it was declared Documents, photographic papers and valuables
belonging to a foreign partner. The whole documents issued to my late father
after deposit are all in my custody.
Please I am waiting for your urgent response on this matter as its then
I'll let you know me and my sister's location and the contact details of
the security company here.
Thanks and God bless you
Best regards
TONY NKOSI (for the family).
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