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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: "mr and mis john sara" <john2000@mail2world.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: john_mike2000@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 16:54:00 +0100
Subject: can i trust you
Hello Dear,
In view of our difficulties and problems in this country, we are so pleased to have found someone like you in whom we can confide or at least talk to. My name is john my sister name is sara , a Sierra Leone <http://projectvisa.com/countryinfo.asp?countrycode=sl>. we are here in Senegal as a refugee. we arrived here a year ago during the peak of our national crises (civil war) our father, mr mike, the king of free town he was the one incage of the gold and diamone. While serving in the community, he deposited the sum of gold and diamond that what, ten million one Hundred thousand USD cash($ 10.1 million us dollars cash) to my mother for our life inheritance.In a finance and security company here in Dakar Senegal.
He (our father) drowned in a river while attempting to cross during a battle with the government troops. we are using this opportunity pleading for you to help us retrieve this gold and diamond, and transfer it into your country dpending when we will come over to your country for investment. You will be compensated for all your efforts in actuallising this transfar with 15 percent of the total kilo involved.
we expect your response immediately you receive this proposal.
we wait to hear from you soon through this email(john_mike2000@hotmail.com)
Yours Sincerely,
john and sara
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