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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: "Jeef Bangura" <jeef_bangura@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jeefbangura@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 17:23:30 +0000
Subject: Urgent Help
Good Day Sir,
It is my pleasure reaching you through this means, My name is Jeef Bangura,am an asylum seeker here in republic of ireland.I am in need of a trust worthy foreign person that can assist me have my fund claimed here in europe from a finance house.
I hereby wish to commence talks with you on a high confidential level.
I am Jeef Bangura presently a political refugee in Republic of lreland the son
of the former MINISTER OF FINANCE of SIERRA LEONE, MR THAIMU BANGURA a gold dealer.
During the recent crisis in my country, my late father was captured and
killed by the rebels who accused him of mis-appropriation of funds and
embezzlement.
Shortly after his death, I and the rest of the family escaped to republic of lreland
for safety.He [my late father] left some document with me indicating consignment
deposit made with a security company here in europe before his death, which
the content US $50M {Fifty Million United States Dollars}.
I and my family are soliciting for your personal assistance with top arrange
and to receive this money on behalf of me and my family and ensure that the money
is utilized wisely in a country of stable Economy like your country.
The purpose of the money will be for a viable investment after we have
collected the money from the security Vault Company. The box was deposited for safe-keeping and your assistance is required because our status as political refugee does not permit us to handle large sum of money here, and you will also be excepted to provide us with information on investment
opportunities in your country.
We do not wish to contact any of my late father's business
comrades/partner because we do not know who exactly caused of his death.
I and my family reason of contacting you is for your co-operation for you to
assist the family in the removing of the fund out of the security company in
your favour and ours as well. Moreover, to help us use the fund
carefully for investment. All the necessary document are at my reach. With
confidence in you as a trust-worthy person to act in good faith! I will introduce
you to an attorney as my father's foreign partner who will assist you with legal
proceedings.
Since your particulars will appear on every vital document as the owner of
the fund this transaction will attract 30% for the assist you are
rendering.
I look forward to your reply via e-mail box:jeefbangura@yahoo.co.uk.
Best regards
Jeef Bangura
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