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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: "Lucy Koffi" <lucykoffi@msn.com>
Reply-To: lucykoffi_1@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:57:07 +0000
Subject: PLEASE COME FOR MY RESCUE
Dearest one,
I am Miss. Lucy Koffi, I am 20years old and a Sierra Leonean, and the only
daughter of Late DR. K. Koffi of blessed memory. My late father was the
chairman of Sierra Leonean National Diamond & Gold Corporation. My father
was killed along with my two kid brothers in our Freetown residence while I
was away.
They were assassinated by rebels led by Major Johnny Paul Koromah because my
family never supported the way Major Johnny Paul Koromah and his splinter
group overthrew our legitimate President, Alhaji Ahmed Tejan Kabbah and
forced him to exile.
After the assassination of my father and brothers, when the African Peace
Keeping Forces(ECOMOG) soldiers were in control of my village "Mende", I
left my hideout in my village. When I was searching for some information in
our family villa, I found the key of my father's underground strong room and
discovered some documents also notes that he made a deposited of one
metallic box containing(US$17,000,000.00)US Dollars in a private security
company and he deposited it as family valuables not as money for security
reasons best known to him.
Meanwhile, I made an arrangement with a fisherman that operates a fishing
trawller boat who smuggled me out through West African coast water to
Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire, and I have search for the security company and they
told me that my late father family valuables is still with them.
I now decieded to look for a trustworthy and reliable foreign partner who
will assist me to move this money to his country or any place of his choice
for investment. I suggest offering you (10%) of the total money if you will
assist me to have this transaction done.
(1) You will help me provide a lucrative business
where this money will be wisely invested.
(2) To help me to secure a permanent residence permit
as I would love to spend the rest of my life doing
business overseas.
Meanwhile, I want to leave Côte d’Ivoire entirely with this money for
investment in your country because of the unstable political situation and
mostly for the future of my life. I want you to please assist me to claim
the box from their affiliate in Europe. Because of the political problem
here I instructed the Security Company to transfer the consignment to their
branch office in Europe for safe keeping.
So the consignment is now in Europe. Every other information needed will be
given to you on request.
Note: that your urgent assistance is needed to
facilitate this transaction.
For confidential purpose, you should handle this
transaction with utmost secrecy which it demands.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Thanking you in anticipation of your urgent response.
God bless you.
Sincerely,
Miss Lucy Koffi
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