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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: henry chriss <henrychriss65@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 18:04:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT..........
Dear Friend,
I am soliciting for help and of going into business partnership with you.I have considered you worthiness, capability, reliablility on this very transaction before contacting you.
I am Henry Chriss, the only son of late Dr Morgan chriss , my father was a very wealthy Gold and Diamond merchant based in Lome here, the economic Capital city of Togo.
He married three wives and my mother was the last wife,my mother was the only wife that have one son for my father for that reason the other of his two wives were not in good term with my mother and her son, I. They were fighting us from one way to another to see that they eliminate us out of the family before they suceded in killing my mother. My mother died on 21st October 2001.
I have been so special to my father because I was his only son and hope,On 24th Feb. 2004 before his death in CHU TOKIN hopital here in Lome Togo,my father secretly disclosed to me that he had a huge sum of us $21,000,000.00(Twenty One million United states dollars) deposited in a security company,My father intended to buy a house in Dubai in my name before his choronic health condition which resulted his death.
My name was used as the only son and next of kin in the deposit of the fund in the vault. My father told me that he was poinsoned purposely becuase of this money by his associates, therefore that I should seek for a reliable foreign panterner in any country of my choice to reside and transfer this money for my future investment.
Since the death of my father the remaining two wifes were trying to kill me by all means, to the extend they hired killers to shoot me to death,but God saved me I was not shut to death.
I am writting you in respect of an assistance from you because my wicked step-mothers wanted to claim the very fund with out my knowladged.
Please,I am humbly seeking your assistance in the following ways:
1) To provide a reliable Bank acount where this money would be transfered into.
2) To serve as a sincere guardian to this fund, so that we can proceed for the clearance of the fund.
Well I have without regret resolved to offer you 30% of this money as compersation after successful security of this fund and for saving my life out from my wicked step-mothers. Therefore, I am expecting your prompt response to this appeal only if you are interested and equal to the requirements of this transaction .
Your undelayed response will motivate me to freely open up to you the modality of which we are to proceed for the clearance and also determine the nextimmediate line of action.
Best regards
Henry Chriss.
Tel 00228 9253396.
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