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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: "MR JOSEPH DADA MBOSOWO." <jdm2211@handbag.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jdm221@handbag.com
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:46:31 +0000
Subject: FROM ; MR JOSEPH DADA MBOSOWO AND SISTER

CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL

Dear Friend.

I am Mr Joseph Dada Mbosowo the eldest son of Chife Nkroma Mbosowo from
Sierra Leone. I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to seek your
assistance to transfer our cash of Twenty five Million and five hundred
thousand Dollars ($25,500.000.00) now in the custody of a private
Security trust firm in Europe the money is in trunk boxes deposited and declared
as Precious stones by my late father as a matter of fact the company does
not know the content as money, although my Father made them to understand that
the boxes belongs to his foreign partner.

Source of the money:

My late Father Chief Nkroma Mbosowo is a native of Mende tribe in the
Northern province of Sierra Leone, was the General Manager of Sierra
Leone Mining co-operation (S.L.M.C.) Freetown . According to my Father this
money was the income accrued from Mining Co-operation's over draft and minor
sales.

Before the peak of the civil war between the rebels forces of Major
Paul Ngaga 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 to be evacuated to Ivory Coast with the
CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT he made with a security firm in Europe through the aid of
U.N evacuation team.

During the war in my country and following the indiscriminate looting
of Public and Government properties by the rebel forces, the Sierra Leone mining
coop. Was one of the target looted and it was destroyed. My Father including
other top Government functionaries were attacked and killed by the rebels in
November 2000 because of his relationship with the civilian Government of Ahmed
Tejan Kabbah.

As a result of my fathers death and with the information we got that
the rebels are out for us the burden became too much for me to handle coupled with
the ill health of my mother she died in the process as I could not afford her a
decent medical care. The unrest in Ivory Coast and the threat from the rebels
against our lifes,made us to be evacuated to Dakar Senegal last December where I
and my family are seeking political asylum, we are at present in an asylum
camp in a small village in Dakar(Senegal). Our only hope now is in you and
the boxes deposited in the Security Firm To this effect, humbly solicit your
assistance in the followings ways.

1. to assist me claim this boxes from the security Firm as our Foreign
partner
2. to transfer this money (USD$25.5 M) in your name to your country
3. to make a good arrangement for a joint business investment on our
behalf in your country and you, our Adviser/ Manager.

For your assistance, I have decided that 20% of the total amount will
be for your effort and another 5 % to cover all the expenses that may incur
during the business transaction, Last, I urge you to
keep this transaction strictly confidential as no one knows our where
about.

Please as you show your willingness, Forward to me your full name,
address and Tel/ Fax numbers, to me via my private email, and I will get back to
you immediately with more information’s and subsequently send you the
necessary documents needed in this transaction.

Thanks.

May God bless you as you assist us.
MR JOSEPH DADA MBOSOWO.

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