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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: souleymohamed@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:33:35 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Attention=21=21=21?=
GOOD DAY.
Attn:
With due respect and to the glory of ALMIGHTY GOD whom we worship I callupon
you to assist and Please Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into
business relationship with you.
I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business,i
am Souley Mohamed the only son of late Chief.Rahim Mohamed,my late father
was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan but we are from Angola,my younger
sister and I are here for some time now because of this money left behind
by our late father.
My father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their
outings on a business trip.And our mother die years back after giving birth
to my younger sister,before the death of my father in a private hospital
, he secretly called my younger sister and I on his bed side and told us
that he has the sum of Ten million,eight hundred thousand United State Dollars
(US$(10.8m)left in one of the security company here in Abidjan,that he operate,
that he used my name as his first and only son for the next of Kin but the
money was in a metallic trunk box and it was deposited and registered as
family valuables for security reasons they don't know that the content
is money.
He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned
by his business associates. That we should seek for a foreign partner in
any country of our choice to move the consignment and use it for investment
purpose such as real estate management or hotel management.
We are honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:
(1) To serve as a guardian of this consignment considering our age.
(2) To make arrangement for me and my sister to come over to your country
to further our education and to secure a resident permit in your country.
More over, dear I am willing to offer you 12.5% of the total sum as compensation
for your effort / input after the successful transfer of this consignment
and 5.5% incase of any expenses that may come up during the transaction.
Further more, you indicate your options towards assisting me as I believe
that this transaction would be concluded within seven (7) days you signify
interest to assist me.
Anticipating to hear from you today.
Thanks and God bless.
Best regards,
Souley & Amina Mohamed
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