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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: "Mr JAMES AND RITA" <jamessankoh_p@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 17:49:42 +0200
Subject: FROM :JAMES AND RITA HELP
From JAMES SANKOH
Daloua TemporaryRefuge Camp
Rrpublic Cote d'Ivoire
e-mail; jamessankoh_p@yahoo.co.uk <mailto:jamessankoh_p@yahoo.co.uk>
Dear One,
Attn ;
You may no doubt be surprise to receive this mail more especially as we have never had any formal acquaintance in the past, However, I will like to give you some thought to the salient issues raised in this mail. I am Mr. James sankoh, 25yrs old from the war ravaged Sierra-Leone but presently resident in Abidjan, Cote D’ Ivoire with my younger sister Rita Sankoh who is 17yrs old. My father, Mr Frank sankoh who before his assassination by the rebel troupes was the director general of the Sierra-Leone Mining corporation (SLMC). He was killed in our residence along side my elder brother and our security guard. Fortunately, Rita and I, were away the country side at the time of the incident. Before my father’s death, he made a deposit of $14.5 million United States dollars in a security and trust company in Abidjan Cote D’Ivoire. This was proceeds of an over invoiced diamond sales to a foreign company with whose assistance this deposit wa!
s made. As at the time of deposit, the real content of the box containing this money was not made known to the security company as they were declared as family treasure.
Owning to the continuous harassment and intimidation of families of politicians who served in the government of the former Military president, major Johnny Paul Koromah we decided to flee the country. Among our father’s personal effects gathered as we were packing from the official resident was a certificate of deposit in his name issue by the security and trust company in Cote D’Ivoire,. we have since located this company and established ownership of the consignment. As a fall out of the events in our country, Sierra-Leone, we did apply for and have been granted asylum by the government of Cote D’Ivoire . sadly, two months after arriving here, our mother died from the what the doctor described as cardiac arrest leaving Rita and I. Rita has since dropped out of school as the circumstances of the death of our parents continuous to haunt us.
It is in this light that I write to seek your assistance in order to retrieve the boxes contain this money out from the security company and transfer the money into your country, using your account as receiving account while Rita and I will regularise to finally leave for your country when the funds entered to seek permanent residence. Part of this money will be used to purchase a home for us while a better part will be invested in profit yielding ventures in your country with your guidance.
I and my sister have agreed to offer you 15% of the total funds and to set aside 5% of the total fund to cover any input incurred by the both parties during this transaction.
Please reply indicating your interest or your willingness to assist us.
Thanks and God bless.
Mr. James and Rita.
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