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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: mercy kodjo1 <mercykodjo1@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:01:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Nico Henkens , Please Treat it as urgent .
FROM: MRS KODJO
Dear Nico Henkens,
I know the fact that this letter would come to you as a surprise because you barely know me and had any prior communication with me but I am writing following the impressive information about your profile beleiving your capability and reliability to champion this business opportunity.
Please consider this letter as a request from a family in dare need of assistance. Firstly, I must introduce myself, I am Mercy Kodjo from Cote D'ivoire. I am the wife of late Brigadier Badou Nsakka Kodjo My husband was a Brigadier incharge of arms ammunitions procurement in the Cote D'ivoire army. In his "Will", he specifically drew my attention to US$10 Million which he deposited in a safe box of a private Security Company in Lome-Togo Africa, as a treasure box, fully documented in our first son's name
(Master Kelvin Kodjo).
IN FACT MY HUSBAND SAID AND I QUOTE: My beloved son, I wish to draw your attention to US$10million (TEN- Million United States Dollars). I deposited the box containing the fund in a private Security Company in in Lome-Togo. Before the coup d'etat that took place in our country, I was very dedicated and committed to be promoted to the post of personal assistance to the president against until when I found out that senior army officers and top government functionaries were busy helping themselves with government funds and properties and sending them to foreign countries". Due to this when I was assigned by the President (President Henry Konan BEDIE) to purchase arms from South Africa, I saw this as a golden opportunity and diverted the fund for my
personal use. In case of my absence on each as a result of death only, you should solicit for the transfer of the fund out of this shore for investment purposes.
From the above, you will understand that the lives and future of my family depend on this fund, as such I will be grateful if you can assist my son who is in Lome-Togo for now as an asylum seeker, and the financial laws and regulations of the Republic of Togo do not permit an asylum seeker to operate in a bank or invest. In view of this, I intend to invest these funds, hence I have contacted you ,I am offering you 20% of the total funds 10% for any expences incured in course of the transfer of these funds, and 70% will be for my Son and I for our personal investments and usage.
Modalities on how the transfer will be done will be conveyed to you once we have established trust and confidence between ourselves. Please treat this matter as very urgent & privacy.
I await for your urgent response.God bless you.
Sincerely yours.
Mrs Kodjo.
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