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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: "susan kamokai" <susan_kamokai001@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 15:23:47 +0000
Subject: CRY FOR HELP.

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
FROM:MRS.SUSAN KAMOKAI.
Email:susan_kamokai001@msn.com

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIA

Dear Sir,

Goodday!

Compliments of the day to you and your family.I am writing to you with much
respect and honor to this letter, which must remain private and
confidential. I know my proposal will come to you as a surprise since you do
not precisely know me. Anyway, my mind accepted you and I believe that this
proposal will bring mutual benefit for both of us.

Let me use this medium to introduce myself to you, I am MRS SUSAN KAMOKAI ,
the wife of Alhaji Mustapha KAMOKAI, the former chairman of Diamond National
Mining Co-operation and once the Director of Works and Housing before his
untimely death. My Husband associated himself with coup plotters that ousted
the government of Ahmed Tijan Kabbah on the 25th of May 1997 and was
executed including ten (10) others.

As a result of his death and uncontrollable war in my country, Sierra Leone,
my children and I decided to seek asylum in South Africa where my Husband
had deposited US5.5m (Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) for us. We now want to use this money for investment in your
country since we do not have anybody to assist us. Therefore, I am asking
for your urgent assistance to forward this money into your country using
very confidential and reliable means in which I will offer you 30% of the
total amount for your king assistance.

However, This money is safely kept in a Security Company before my husband
death under disguise as precious items and nobody has any slight knowledge
of what is inside the box deposited with the Security Company. In other
words, there is no risk involved and so not hesitate to ask questions where
necessary. All the documents covering the deposition of the money with the
Security Company are intact with my son and me. For more information, please
contact my son FRANCUS on 002783-244-0101 to provide you with detailed
information on how the transfer of this fund can made to your country upon
acceptance. Please your private phone and fax numbers will be mostly needed
for easy and confidential communication.

I look forward to hearing from you immediately you receive this mail. Thanks
and may God almighty bless you.

Best regards,
MRS SUSAN KAMOKAI.


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