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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: johnbarnes2@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:04:54 +0000
Subject: Very Urgent Please..
Dear Friend.
Good Day,
Please kindly permit me to inform you of my desire to establish business
relationship with you and I we like to introduce my self to you. My name
is John
Barnes the only son of Mr. Moses G. Barnes.
My father was a very wealthy cocoa and coffee Merchant Based in Liberia.
Please
I need your help, since after the incidence that lead to the death of my
father, my
mother died on the 1st November 1990, my father took me so special because
am
motherless and lonely, I know We have not met before but I am contacting
you with
due sense of humanity and responsibility and with the little awareness that
you will
give it a mutual understanding.
I am soliciting for an Assistance to move the sum of Us$16,105,000 (sixteen
million
one hundred and five Thousand United States dollars) to your country for
Investment.
The fund is presently in a security company in Ghana for safety since on
the 12- 2-
1999. My father told me That the real content was not declared as it was
kept as
photographic equipment I need you as a partner to Assist in transferring
the fund
and provide good investment plans for it.
As I am a boy of 22 years and I whish to continue my education in your country.
The
fund will be under your investment control for three years during which only
the
profit will be shared annually 60% for me and 30% for you and 10% for any
expenses that will make I am contacting You with the fear of GOD in any thing
I am
doing so Please I want us to build trust to each other.
The deposit contract document/prove shall be sent to you as soon as you indicate
your interest. Inadditional kindly send to me this following information
follow as-:
Your phone and fax number. Thanks in Anticipation of your response
Ward Regards.
John Barnes
PLEASE ASSIST ME IN THE NAME OF GOD, SINCERELY, AM
LITTLE AND SMALL TO HANDLE THIS.
___________________________________________________________
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