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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: CAROLMARTIN_NID <CAROLMARTIN_NID@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 04:34:52 -0700
Subject: Your kind attention


Attn: Director,

Dear friend.

Re:Your kind attention.

I know that this letter will come to you as a surprise but I want you
to believe that it is the wish of GOD for you to help the helpless.
God has decided to bless you and I through this email and I know that
he will touch your heart to assist me if you are actually sent to me
by him.
My name is Mrs.Carol Martins. I am writing you this mail from the
ECOWAS Refugee Rehabilitation Camp in Cote - D' Voire. I am a Sierra -
Leonian National and the wife of Late Dr.Johnson Ankoh Martins.

My late husband was the General overseer of Diamond and Gold Mines in
the Kaneina District of Sierra Leon, until April 16th 2001 when the
militaryforces loyal to the government of president Ahmed Tejan
Kabbah, invaded the Diamond and Gold Mines and Killed my husband,
mistaking him for his junior brother Mike Ankoh Martins, who is the
deputy leader to the rebel leader of the revolutionary United Front
(RUF) Mr. Foday Sankoh.

When the news reached me, I hurriedly gathered some valuables in our
house and escape with my two kids George & Lynda along with other
displaced peopleto safety.
We were eventually picked up in a bush on the 22nd of April 2001 by
the Ecomog Soldiers who immediately handed us over to the
International Red Cross Society in Freetown, Sierra Leone, the red
cross society finally arrangedfor our safe movement to the Ecowas
refugee camp in Cote D Voire.
Presently we are camped in one of the Ecowas refugee rehabilitation
centers
in Abidjan, and the hope of returning to our home country is not in
sight as the war between the government forces and the rabel forces is
still going on.

Among the valuables I took along with me was my husbands personal file
which
contained details of a deposit of $20.5 million U.S Dollars my husband
deposited with a Finance house as family teasure, with the name of our
son George.
Although I suspect this money was illegally made from the sales of
gold and Diamond mines and was immediately moved to Europe for safety
when my late husband was the general overseer of the gold and diamond
mines in sierra Leone.

He did this because of the presure mounted on him to leave office by
the present regime and wanted to use the funds for his own personal
Gold and Diamond company which he planned to open in Europe.

Presently as a registered refugee-my movement is restricted. I have no
access and fund to travel to negotiate for the release of this
money/consignment, It's under this terrible condition we are in the
camp, I have no other option than to seek for your assistance good
legal agreement, armed with all the legal document about the money
you should now act on my behalf as the beneficiary, and help me to
sign this money out from the Finance house if possible transfer the
money to your country where possibly a small scale industry can be
established with such an amount under my supervision.

I promise to give you 30% of the amount in question, and 10% share in
any investment we will jointly embark on if eventually you assist me.
All I need from you is your assurance that my money will be safe
pending my freedom also that you will not disappear with the money or
sit on it and say that you do not know me again. This is a cry for
urgent assistance and must be kept very confidential.
If you are ready to assist me,let me know via email and I will give
you all the documents which will help you contact the company for
negotiation and collection of the consignment. This will take place
after you have writen and signed an assurance letter to me that my
money will be safe with you till my arrival.

Thanks and God bless

MRS Carol Martins.
PLEASE RELPY HERE: carolmartins_nid@walla.com,





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