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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: "Jennifer Kebbe" <jenniferkebb@yahoo.de> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 12:43:21 +0100
Subject: Treat Urgent
Hello,
My name is Miss Jennifer Kebbe. I have got your contact in the cause of my serious search for a reliable foreign person through a profile that convinced me of your honesty.
I confide in you hoping you will never betray me at last, My most required concern is for you to recognised me as your best friend while establishing a long lasting relationship for our future. Presently, I am in Dakar-Senegal with my mother and the sum of Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$7.5m) .
These money was realise by my father before his death through Diamond sales when National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), conquered one of the Diamond region , by then my father was one of the leaders. The money was kept under my father care for the purchase of arms, it was a situation of war so my father died I consider it my chance and then move immediately to Dakar-Senegal where my late father deposited this money in a bank for save keeping since then i have being looking for a nice business to invest this fund into. My aim of contacting you is to assist me in two ways (1) to help and transfer the money to your country (2) and to help me get a profitable business for investment any where in overseas all is base on your professional advise and acceptance to assist me.
Note that a substantial portion of this money would be compensated to you for all your assistance. Please, do not hesitate to contact me with the telephone number below in order for me to know the next thing to do on how to move this money to your country through proper arrangement.
Finally, keep this with your utmost secrecy and confidentiality as you can understand my condition in Dakar-Senegal because i am into hiding as so many people
knows me.
Thanks for your co-operation.
Best Regards.
Jennifer Kebbe.
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