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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 Kone Guei" <kone_122001@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: guei34@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:46:33 -0800
Subject: URGENT PLS
DEAR SIR,
I send this message to you, demanding anxiously for urgent assistance. I
made up my mind to forward this offer to you, after brief outstanding
information I read concerning you, in internet where I got your contact.
I am Mr Kone Guei, the son of ex-military leader Robert Guei of Cote
d'ivoire,Who is now dead. With growing disturbing grieviances in my
heart I am getting you know that my late father was immediately gunned
down by his colleagues, immediately been suspected to be behind the
ongoing military uprising in my country Ivoiry Coast.
I final lost my father in hospital in Abidjan commercial city, and my
mother was also reported to me to has been killed on her working place.
immediately, it occurred to me that the whole family life is in
danger.Obviously I stumbling escape out of the country to Accra Ghana
were am now taking a refuge. I am making this contact to you, requesting
for your urgent
assistant to assist me transfer out forty two millions
united states dollars.{$42,000,000,us dollars} kept in financial house
here in Accra Ghana by my late father .
This money is kept secret in the financial House to be used to achieve
his political goals but unfortunately to him he did not live to
accomplish his goals. I need this money to be transfer into foreign
account were curious eyes
will not see it for my own personal use and investment.
I am taking this initiative to avoid any government trace and
confiscation of my family achievements.
I am looking forward for you to provide me all the necessary assistant,
to secure and transfer this money to your country . I am assuring you
for assisting me to transfer this money to your foreign account I will
offer you a very good percentage and I am also promising you that you
will definately benefit from this fund transaction transfer.
PLC NOTE:. for the safety of my life and for the successfully and
smoothaccomplishment of this fund transaction transfer that I am looking
forward to transact with you, I urge you to keep this message secret.I
count in your full co-operation in this offer. I am waiting anxiously
for your urgent respond, I am also in possession with all the whole
relevant documents.
Best Regards,
Mr Kone Guei
E-mail:kone_122001@yahoo.co.uk
guei34@yahoo.com
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