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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: "WILLIAMS NDOUR" <wndou@netscape.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: wndour@netscape.net
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 17:20:05 +0100
Subject: RESPONSE
DEAR SIR,
PERMIT ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, I AM WILLIAM NDOUR, A 23 YEARS OLD , THE ONLY SON OF LATE CHIEF AND MRS CHRISTOPHER NDOUR. MY FATHER WAS A VERY WEALTHY COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN ABIDJAN, THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF IVORY COAST BEFORE HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES IN ONE OF THEIR EVENING OUTING TO DISCUSS A BUSINESS DEAL. WHEN MY MOTHER DIED ON THE 21ST OCTOBER 1990, MY FATHER TOOK ME SO SPECIAL CLOSE BECAUSE I WAS MOTHERLESS.
BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 24TH APRIL 2003, IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL IN ABIDJAN, HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS BED SIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS A SUM OF US$6.9M (SIX MILLION NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) LEFT IN A BANK HERE IN AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS. THAT HE USED MY NAME AS HIS ONLY SON FOR THE NEXT OF KIN IN DEPOSIT OF THE FUND. HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES, HE TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN A COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHERE I WILL TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE. FOR THIS SIMPLE REASON, I ARRANGED WITH A TRAVEL AGENT, WHO HELPED ME TO TRAVEL TO AMSTERDAM-NETHERLANDS WHERE THE FUNDS IS DEPOSITED IN A BANK. I AM RIGHT NOW IN AMSTERDAM AS A REFUGEE. SIR, I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.
1) TO HELP ME RETRIEVE THIS FUND FROM THE BANK AND HELP PROVIDE A BANK ACCOUNT WHERE THIS MONEY WOULD BE TRANSFERED INTO
2) TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND AND ME 3) TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY TO FURTHER MY EDUCATION AND TO SECURE A RESIDENTIAL PERMIT FOR ME IN YOUR COUNTRY.
HOWEVER SIR, I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 30% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EFFORT/INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF THIS FUNDS . FURTHERMORE, YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR OPTION TOWARDS ASSISTING ME AS I BELIEVE THAT THIS TRANSACTION WOULD BE CONCLUDED WITHIN SEVEN (7) DAYS, I WILL APPRECIATE IF YOU SIGNIFY INTEREST TO ASSIST ME. ANTICIPATING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON. THANKS AND GOD BLESS.
BEST REGARD
WILLIAMS NDOUR
PLEASE KINDLY REPLY WITH THIS EMAIL; wndour@netscape.net
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