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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: Ben Dikko <ben_dikko10@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 02:19:20 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CAN I COME TO YOU
FROM BEN DIKKO
ABIDJAN(COTE D'IVOIRE)
WEST AFRICA
PRIVATE EMAIL:ben_dikko10@yahoo.com
APPEAL /FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE
DEAR,
PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU ABOUT MY DESIRE TO GO INTO BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. I GOT YOUR CONTACT FROM THE IVORIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HERE IN MY COUNTRY COTE D'IVOIRE.AND AFTER MY PRAYERS AND FASTING, I HAD THE REVELATION THAT YOU WILL SUCCESSFULLY ASSIST ME. I AM BEN DIKKO,AN IVORIAN IVORY COAST NATIONALITY.THE ONLY CHILD OF MR AND MRS.DIKKO
MY FATHER WAS A VERY RICH COCOA MERCHANT, BASED IN ABIDJAN, THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF IVORY COAST BEFORE HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES ON ONE OF THEIR OUTINGS TO DISCUSS ON A BUSINESS DEAL . WHEN MY MOTHER DIED MY FATHER TOOK ME SO SPECIAL SINCE I AM MOTHERLESS .BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON MARCH 26,2004 IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED, HE CALLED ME SCRETLY TO HIS BED SIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE KEPT A SUM OF US$16,500,000 (SIXTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS)IN A BANK IN ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE.
THAT HE USED MY NAME AS THE NEXT OF KIN IN DEPOSIT OF THE FUND. HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS MONEY HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS PARTNER AND THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN A COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHERE I WOULD TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR AN INVESTMENT PURPOSE, SUCH AS : REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT OR STOCK MARKET INVESTMENT .
I AM HONOURABLY SOLICITING YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE AS FOLLOWS.
(1) TO PROVIDE A BANK ACCOUNT WHERE THIS MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO.
(2) TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THESE FUND, SINCE I AM A BOY OF 23 YEARS OLD.
(3) TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME IN YOUR COUNTRY TO
CONTINUE MY EDUCATIONAL CAREER AND TO PROCURE ME A
RESIDENTIAL PERMIT IN YOUR COUNTRY.
I AM INCLINED TO OFFER YOU 15% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS A MODE OF COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EFFORTS AFTER THE TRANSFERRING OF THESE FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT OVERSEAS. PLEASE,I WILL BE VERY HAPPY IF THIS TANSACTION WILL BE CONCLUDED WITHIN FOURTEEN (14)WORKING DAYS FROM NOW.
I AM EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
BEST REGARDS.
BEN DIKKO.
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