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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: "MRS SAVIMBI ANGEL" <savimbi_angel43@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: savimbi_angel@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:32:25 +0200
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE PLEASE
FROM;MR GEORGE AKUMEH.Jnr,
JOHANNESBURGREPUBLIC, OF SOUTH AFRICA.
TEMAIL ;georgeakumeh@yahoo.com
Dear SIR/MADAM,.
I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE PLEASE
Greetings!
With trust and humility I write to repose my confidendence on you knowing too well ,you won't disapoint me now or in future.By realizing the mutual benefit which you will receive from assisting me on this proposal.For the purpose introduction, I am Mr. GEORGE AKUMEH [31years old] ,a Sierra Leone National and the son of Late Dr.ALEX AKUMEH, of the blessed memory.
Prior to my father's assassination by the rebel forces loyal to Foday Sankoh,he was the director general national gold & diamond Mining Corporation of Sierra Leone. Before my father was assassinated he confinded to my mother that he had the sum of US$ 21M.[TWENTY ONE MILLION] dollars which he briliantly defaced and lodged as valuable consignment in a reputable security company in South Africa. He instructed that we should flee out of Sierra Leone immediately with the lodgement documents which was issued to him by the security company during the period oflodging the fore said consignment/money.
Before the powerful economic community of West African states (ECOMOG) forces intervened which eventually resulted into civil war. I' and my mother managed to escape to South Africa through the help of my father's friend who was a member of (RED CROSS SOCIETY). We came into South Africa with this vital documents.Unfortunatly,two months of our arrival to South Africa my mother died after a breif illness.
Upon the result of this, I am humbly pleading for your kind assistance to assist me by retriving and making a provission for a reliable and a safe bank account in your country where we can transfer these fund into for our future investments.The above mentioned fund was deposited with the security company .For your information,my father did not disclosed the real content of the box to the security company rather he deposited it as a valuable consignment belonging to his oversea business partner. Meanwhile, I want to leave South Africa entirely with this fund for investment in your country because of the stable political situation and mostly for my future.
Please I would want you to stand as my father's foreign business partner who will be forerign beneficiary and who will assist me retrieve and serve as the guardian of this fund with whom I can plan my future and the best way to invest these fund wisely in a profitable business .This is my intention for contacting you. With your good and honest assistance,I have it in mind to reward you handsomely for your effort with 20% of the total sum and I also map out 5% for any expence which you may incure for purpose of the transaction.
More so I will appreciate to go into joint venture with you when these fund were successfully transferred into your bank account. Please upon your interest to assist me,do not delay to contact me immediately you receive this message through this Email(georgeakumeh@yahoo.com) And please ensure that no one else knows about this money as it is only me yourself and the[Refugee Director] an evangelist of the church where I worship. Thanking you in advance for your assistance as I am looking forward to your ealier and prompt response.
Yours sincerely,
GEORGE AKUMEH.Jr
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