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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: "Sarah Sidney" <sarah1sidney@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: sarahsidney@ourwest.com
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:10:16 +0000
Subject: Best regards,from sister Sarah Sidney.
Dear respectful one,
It's my pleasure to inform you for a business venture which I intend to
establish in your country . Though we have not met before but I strongly
believe that one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in
life.
I am Sarah Sidney the only daughter of late Mr & Mrs Nelson Sidney . My
Late father was a very wealthy Cocoa and Timber merchant in Abidjan , the
economic capital of Cote d' Ivoire (Ivory coast) my father was poisoned to
death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip
.
My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so
special. Before the death of my father resently in a private hospital here
in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that, he made a
deposit of consignment containing cash of USD$2.5M dollars together with
Gold worth of USD$38 million(Thirty Eight Million United States Dollars)
with a Private Security Deposit Firm at Burkina-Faso west Africa in my name
as the beneficiary, and handed the documents over to me, due to the conflict
in Abidjan before he was poisoned by some unknown hoodlums. He also
explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by
his business associates. That I should seek for a foreign partner in a
country of my choice where i will transfer this consignment to sale the
Gold and diamond and use the money for investment purpose such as:
Real estate management, Hotel management or Petroleum company.
My Dear, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:
(1)To contact the securty company at Burkina-Faso as my late father business
partner.
(2) To create an account into which this money would be transferred to .
(3) To serve as a guardian of this consignment since I am still in a tender
age to invest this kind of money.
(4) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my
education and to secure a resident permit in your country.
My Dear I have agreed to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for
your effort/
input after the successful conclusion of this affair.
Furthermore, you indicate your options towards assisting me as I believe
that this
transaction would be concluded within (10) days Once we contact the
security company there in Burkina-Faso. Dear, I will request you to come
down to Burkina-Faso in person if possible so that we can meet and go to the
company together, right now am still at Abidjan I will be moving to
Burkina-Faso soon,To contact the security company to establish ownership for
them to release the consignment or transfer it to your country ( home )
will you like to contact the securty company first to confirm if the
consignment is still with them, That will also be ok because I have they
contact information.
Anticipating to hear from you soon, to enable me give you more details
concerning this transaction. Extend my warmest regards to your entire
family.
Please do reply as urgent to my new private email address, for safe
reasons( sarahsidney@ourwest.com)
Best regards,
Sarah Sidney.
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