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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: "Boma Fernandez" <blueferrndez1202@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Reply-To: blueferrndez12003@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 16:08:42 +0200
Subject: Your Confidencial Business partnership
INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE
BOMA FERNADEZ.
ABOVE PERSON IS ME.
Pls" reply with"blueferrndez@hotmail.com <mailto:blueferrndez@hotmail.com>
I KNOW THAT THIS PROPOSAL WILL COME TO YOU AS A
SURPRISE BUT IT IS BECAUSE OF THE EMERGENCY ON THE
CONDITION I AM FEELING IN DAKAR SENEGAL WITH MY
MOTHER,I HOPE YOU WILL UNDERSTAND ME. I GOT YOUR ADDRESS WHILE SEARCHING FOR INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE ON THE CHAMBERS OF COMENCE, THEN I DECIDED TO FORWARD THIS BUSINESS PROPOSAL TO YOU WITH HOPE THAT IT WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO ALL CONCERN. LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU, I'M THE ONLY SON OF GEN. ALMAMMY FERNANDEZ ONE OF THE SENIOR OFFICIALS OF REVOLUTIONARY UNITED FRONT OF SIERRA LEONE (R.U.F) WHO DIED ON 18/06/2000 WITH SOME OF HIS COLLEAGUES DURING A CROSS FIRE BATTLE BETWEEN THE (R.U.F) AND THE PEACE KEEPING FORCES IN SIERRA LEONE. IN BRIEF, I HAVE THE SUM OF EIGHT MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) ($8.200.000 00 MILLION U.S.DOLLARS) WHICH I WANT TOINVEST IN YOUR COUNTRY.
THIS MONEY WAS DEPOSITED BY MY LATE FATHER IN DAKAR SENEGAL HERE IN DAKAR SENEGAL,OF WHICH I WAS MADE THE SOLE BENEFICIARY AND NEXT OF KIN AS THE ONLY SON OF MY PARENT, BECAUSE OF THE PRESENT SITUATION IN MY COUNTRY SIERRA LEONE, MY AGED MOTHER ADVISED ME TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY IMMEDIATELY FOR SECURITY REASONS, AND ALSO TO LOOK FOR A TRUST WORTHY AND A RELIABLE PERSON WHO CAN ASSIST ME TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY TO HIS BANK ACCOUNT FOR THE INVESTMENT IN HIS COUNTRY.
I HIGHLY NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE BOTH IN TRANSFERRING THE MONEY TO YOUR COUNTRY AND ALSO INVESTING IT AS I CONFIDE IN YOU HOPING YOU WILL NEVER BETRAY ME AT LAST.
I, AND MY AGED MOTHER HAS PROPOSED (25%) PERCENT OF
THE TOTAL SUM OF THE MONEY FOR YOU, SO AS FOR YOU TO
GIVE US ALL NECESSARY ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTIONS WE
MAY NEED IN YOUR COUNTRY WHEN THIS MONEY IS
TRANSFERED. THIS IS WHAT I NEED FROM YOU.
a,TO CONTACT THE FINANCE COMPANY WHERE MY LATE FATHER DEPOSITEDTHE FUND ON MY NAME AND DISCUSS FOR THE TRANSFER AS MY FOREIGNE PARTNER WHO WILL RECEIVE THE MONEY.
b,TO ASSIST ME AND MY MOTHER TO INVEST THIS MONEY,AND
ADVICE US ON THE BEST AREA AND METHOD TO INVEST THIS
MONEY.
c,YOU WILL SEND A LETTER OF INVITION TO ENABLE ME AND
MY MOTHER TO GET A VISA AND FLY DOWN TO YOUR COUNTRY
FOR THE INVESTMENT OF THE MONEY.
d,TO ASSIST ME AND MY MOTHER FULLY IN TRANSFERING AND
INVESTING THIS MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY.PLEASE TREAT AS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE OUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON THIS MONEY,ALL THE VITAL DOCUMENTS COVERING THE DEPOSIT ARE WITH ME HERE IN DAKAR SENEGAL AND WILL BE FAX TO YOU ON DEMAND.
MY MOTHER IS SENDING HER GREETINGS TO YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY.
BEST REGARDS.
BOMA FERNANDEZ
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