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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: bentanga@terra.com.mx
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 22:00:37 +0200
Subject: FROM BEN AND MARIA TANGA

FROM BEN AND MARIA TANGA
REPUBLIC OF COTE-D'IVOIRE
Avenu 16 Rue 38 ABIDJAN
DANANI REFUGEE CAMP, ABIDJAN
TELL/22507148853


Dear ,

WITH THE BEST COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON,
I wish to solicit your help in migrating to your country My name is BEN
and Maria TANGA,We are the children of Late General Alexandre TANGA,the
former director of military inteligence and special acting General Manager
of the Sierria Leone Diamond and miningcoperations(SLMDC).

We are contacting you to seek your good assistance to transfer and invest
the sum of US$18.5M belonging to my late father which he deposited in a
bank in Abidjan , Ivory Coast (Cote d?Ivoire). This money is revenues from
solid minerals and diamond sales which were under my late father?s possession
before the civil war broke out, following the broke out of the
war,almost all government ffices ,coperations and arastatals were attacked
and
vandalized.

The SLMDC loothed and burnt down to ashes and diamond worth millions of
dollars were stolen by the rebels military forces who attacked my father?s
office,many
top government officials and senior army officers were assasinated and my
father was the key target because of sensitive military position and his
appointment in the SLMDC .

Regretably,our father was captured and was murdered along with his half
brother in a cool blood during a mid night rebel shoot out when our official
residence in Freetown was armbushed Fonday Sankoh ,the notorios rebel leader.Our
mother sustained very severe bullet injuires which resulted to her untimely
and painful death in a private hospital here in Ivory Coast.

Now we are alone in a total strange country without parents,relatives or
any body who can care for us at this tender ages.Before our mother died,she
informed us that our late father deposited some money which made from diamond
sales and contracts in a bank here in Ivory Coast and that we should pray
and fine a trustworthy foriegn business partner who would help us to transfer
and invest this money in a profitable business ventures overseas.She told
us to do this quickly so that we can leave this country Ivory Coast with
our cousin Frank who is in the camp with us and then settle down abroad.

She gave all the bank documents to prove the deposit in the bank,she informed
us that this is reason why we came to Ivory Coast. I have gone to the bank
to make enquires about this money and I spoke with the director of International
emittance who assured me that everything is okay and promised to help me
transfer this money to my foreign partner?s bank account as soon as I provide
my foreign partner bank account for them.

However,the director is very much concerned because of our age,I am 23 years
and my youger sister is 21 years old and the sympathy he has for our family
and,as such promised to help me to ensure that the money is transferred
urgently to my foreign partner.

If you are willing to assist us,please let us know immediately and
provide us with your following information that ware demanded by the bank
to
enable the bank here to transfer the money.

1.Your full name and address,tel,fax,mobile numbers
2.Name of the bank, address ,tel ,fax telex numbers
3.Account name and number ,swift code ,etc .

Please note that we can only offer you 25% of the total money as compensation
for your noble assistance in accordance with my mother?s advise. I am interested
in any profitables commerical ventures which you consider very good in your
country and you would also look a school for me,my younger sister and my
cousin so that we finish our education.

We are hoping to hear your urgent response so that we can stop to look for
another foriegn partner.
Thanks and God bless .

Yours sincerely,
BEN and Maria TANGA
On behalf of the family






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