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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: aida kirane <aidakirane_1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 14:19:58 +0100 (BST)
Subject: please reply soon
Attention Dear Anne Peereboom ,
We are aware that we have never seen each other before,neither have we exchanged any form of formal contact or correspondence before. We am equally aware that this world is full of dishonest people I am Aida Kiran, from Republic of Cote D Ivoire in West Africa,
I am 23 years old from a family of 2.Our dad was a cocoa dealer,befor the faithful day he met is death in the hands of the rebels who killed him. Our families were captured in Abidjan, on the first day the war started, and Our father was assassinated with Our mother by the assassinators, Our father died instantly but Our mother died later after eight hours at the hospital.On that faithful day. Our mother disclosed to me that Our father deposited, (the sum of 15,500,000.00 ) fivetheen Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) in a Security company .
Presently i am here in senegal with my younger brother his name is jean he's 20 years old , we are living here in Dakar the capital city of senegal as refugees . We are desperately in need to move and re-locate this huge deposit to your country for safe keeping as this is the only wealth remaining for the future survival of me and my younger brother . Please endavour to email us back for further clarifications over this issue. Remain blessed ,
Regards aida and Jean kiran,
Please you can reach us with our alternative email aidakiran_3@yahoo.co.uk
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