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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: "Issa Mohamed" <issa101mohamed@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: issa101mohamed@yahoo.co.nz
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:42:13 +0200
Subject: Hello from Senegal.....
Dear Sir,
I know this letter will come to you as a surprise because we don't have previous contact or arrangment,before but kindly take it as an offer of investment assistance.I got your contact through the NET from my seriousness and anxiousness in contacting a reputable foreigner who will assist me in investing overseas and have decided to seek your personal assistance in this transaction for future benefit of both parties.
I am Mr Issa Mohamed, a Sierra-Leonian now seeking nassylum in Dakar-Senegal under
(UNHCR).My father (late) chief Adul Mohamed was the managing director of Rainbow Gold and Diamond Mine company in (KENEMA) Sierra-Leone, but was killed during the civil war by the rebels,but before his untimely death,while he was in the hospital,he told me of some vital deposit documents in his strong room which bears the total sum of Thirteen million five hundred thousand united states
dollars(US 3.500,000.00) he deposited in a Security and Finance Company here in
Dakar,Senegal on my name as the next of kin and beneficiary if he is unseen.He further warned and advised me not to invest this money in any war zones/countries rather makes a foreign contact for my brighter life.I and my mother is presently residing at Dakar Senegal pending the period we should succeed in investing the fund overseas and we have
maped out 20% as a partly reward for your assistance during this process.I have all the neccesary backing proofs in respect of this consignment.
Awaiting your earnest response.Please handle this transaction with ulmost confidentiality.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this mail through the above email for further directives. you can contert me with this address :issa101mohamed@yahoo.co.nz
thanks.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr Issa Mohamed
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