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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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• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • allensansa2@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: "ALLEN SANSA" <allensansa4@teenmail.co.za> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 09:39:11 +0000
Subject: URGENT FROM ALLEN.

>From Allen Sansa
Avenue 16 Rue 13
Treichville Abidjan
Ivory coast

Permit me to inform you of my mind, Because I have make up my mind to write to you this way. however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will.

I am Allen Sansa, 17 years old and the only son of my late parents Mr and Mrs Sansa. My father was a highly reputable business merchant in our country before hus unfortunate death.

Unfortunately I lost him this year when he mysteriously died as a result of food poison in France during one of his business trips abroad lthis year February 2005, though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by an uncle of his who travelled with him at that time. But God knows the truth.

My mother died when I was just 4 years old, and since
then my father took me so special. Before his death on
February 15, 2005 he called the secretary who accompanied him to hospital and told him to call me,
on his arrival back to Abidjan, Ivory Coast that he should inform me that he deposited the sum of Twelve million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars. (12,500,000 USD) left in suspense account in one of the leading bank in Ivory Coast.

He further told me that he deposited the money in his
name, and I as the next of kin and finally issued a written instruction to his lawyer whom he said is in possession of all the necessary legal document to all his properties.

I am just 17 years old and a University undergraduate
and really don’t know what to do. Now I want an
account overseas where I can transfer this funds. This
is because I have suffered a lot of set back as a
result of family enemity and incessant political crisis here in Ivory coast. Please, I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded.

Now permit me to ask these few question:
1.Can you honestly help me as a brother?
2.Can I completely trust you?

Please, Consider this and get back to me through my
personal mailbox at allensansa2@yahoo.fr or call me urgently on 0022507611173

Thank you so much.

My sincere regards.

Allen Sansa.

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