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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: "Bamba Oma & Mother" <bambaoma3@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: bamba_oma3@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:13:57 +0100
Subject: have mercy me and my mother
Attn,
Confidetal please. I know that this proposal might be a surprise to you but it as an emergency to our condition with my mother here in dakar senegal, Be bless as you help me and my mother to transfer and invest our money in your country. I am Bamba Oma & With My Mother from the republic of Sudan in northern Africa Dafur, now seeking for refuge in Dakar Senegal under the(UNHCR)united nation high commission for refuge with my mother.I got your
contact during a desperate search here in Dakar for a possible transaction. My (late) father HON DR. FELIX OMA, who was the former ministre of finance and economy in Sudan before he was asasinated by the rebbles in the captal city of Khartoon 2003. And all our properties was totally destroyed. However, we managed to escape with some of my father's documents covering $10.5 Million dollars(Ten Million Five Hundered Thousand us dollars Only)
which is presently deposited safely in a Bank on my name as the only son of the family and the next of kin. the Bank have approved to transfer the fund deposited on my name but we are looking for a trust and reaible foreign partner who will assist us to transfer and invest the fund in his country.i was advice to leave with my mother to dakar senegal because i was the next target as the only son of my family. All the vital documents will be fax to you as our foreign partner who will recive the fund for the investment. Meanwhile,we are saddled with the problem of securing a trust worthy foriegn personality to help us transfer the money
and invest it in his country and into his possession pending our arrival to meet with him. Furthermore, we only want this done this way because your country is politically stable for any profitable investment and only if you accept our proposal, you will serve as the beneficiary of the fund on commencement of this proposed transactions. you will send me and my mother a
letter of inviation ! to enable us to get a visa and fly down to your country once the fund is been transfer to your country.i hope you will not betray me and my mother because this money is all our hope since my late fathe are died. I am giving you the offers as mentioned with every confidence on your acceptance to assist us, we have decided to invest 40% of the total fund
based on equity participation in your company. Secondly, we shall also take 5% out for any miscelleneous expenses that may occure during the transfer. Conclusively, i wish you send me a reply immediately as soon as you recieve this proposal so that we shall arrange on how this fund will be transfer to your country. On commencement,this transaction will take nothing less than 8 working days to be accomplished as the bank managment told me and my mother. All documents covering the fund are safe and infact with us here in dakar senegal. i will fax you all the vital to enable you to contact the finance firm for the transfer.my mother is sending her greetings to you and your family. kindly keep this transfer secert and confidentail.Your acceptance or otherwise of this proposal should please be communicated through this email address only.Please call me on phone for confirnmation on receipt of this letter (+221-571-09-51) bamba_oma@zwallet.com
Thanks yours son,
Bamba Oma & Mother
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