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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: Hamed Yahaya <cbn_acountant2005@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 12:16:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT HELP PLEASES
FROM KOUADIO BARBARA
ABIDJAN,IVORY COAST
EMAIL:cbn_acountant2005@yahoo.com
DEAR ONE,
I AM KOUADIO BARBARA,THE ONLY SON AND OF LATE CHIEF PETER BARBARA MY FATHER WAS A VERY WEALTHY COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN ABIDJAN,BEFORE HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS ASSOCIATES.
BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY LATE FATHER IN A HOSPITAL HERE,HE TOLD ME OF HIS (US$15.5M)THAT HE DEPOSITED IN A ONE OF THE SECURITY COMPANY IN SPAIN.I WAS ALSO MADE THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE MONEY.HE DECLARED THE TRUNK BOX THAT CONTAINS THIS MONEY AS A "FAMILY VALUABLES" TO THE SECURITY COMPANY.BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT THEM TO KNOW THE REAL CONTENT OF THE BOX,JUST FOR SECURITY REASONS.
I WANT YOU TO ASSIST ME IN RETRIEVING OF THIS MONEY AND LOGDGED IT INTO A LOCAL ACCOUNT OVER THERE IN SPAIN FOR AN ONWARD TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.PLEASE,YOUR URGENT RESPONSE IS HIGHLY NEEDED.
BEST REGARDS,
KOUADIO BARBARA
EMAIL:cbn_acountant2005@yahoo.com
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