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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.sylvester Gange Taylor" <taylor604@inMail24.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 05:22:08 -0700
Subject: Request
Dear Friend
Greetings to you and all members of your family. !!
I come to you with a sincere heart believing in Almighty God that you will consider my plight and come to help and also benefit from me.
I am Mr.Sylvester Taylor, cousin and Personal Assistant to former president of Liberia, Ex.president Charles taylor who was arrested while still seeking assylum in a city called Calabar in Nigeria.
Before I proceed please accept my apology
for the embarrassment this mail might cause you for coming from a total stranger who you do not know. Actually I got your contact from the Internet; please do not feel bad about it because I am compelled to reach you due to urgent need to safeguard the money in question. Once again, forgive me and come to my aid. Please read the following carefully.
Sometime in early 2000, my boss Ex president Charles Taylor entrusted to me the sum of US$20.5M in cash (Twenty million, five hundred thousand US dollars)due to the trust and confidence he had in me. This money was meant for campaign in his self-succession id but unfortunately he suddenly he was betrayed by the Nigeria present government and was handed over to the united nation security forces for trial in the world court for war crime.
This amount of $20.5M in CASH was deposited with a security company which I will disclose in subsequent mail in a giant trunk box as diplomatic consignments In agreement with Mr.Emmanuel Taylor who is the son of arrested Ex president and the heir to the money.
I write to solicit your assistance for the money to be transferred to your pocession over there in your country. Note that Mr.emmanuel taylor is currently in detention by the America Government for reasons linked to activities of his father when he was in power. Now based on the business trust I have on you, I would want you to come forward to help us and receive this consignment containing the money in cash on our behalf from the security company for subsequent disbursement between you and us. Understand that we are soliciting your assistance because the present Liberia Government is seizing/freezing any Bank Account or valuables belonging to the Charles Taylor's family and relatives. In fact we do not have enough money now to sustain our family so, I will appreciate if you can consider our plight and assist us. For your assistance, we have agreed to compensate you with 20% of the total amount ($20.5million) while the remaining 80% is for us.
We hope to invest part of our share in your country on viable area of investment as you may advise us.
If you are interested you will need to help us contact the Security Company for clearance of the consignment. I assure you that the transaction is 100% risk free. Please I implore you to keep this transaction absolutely secret against negative exposure. I would want you to contact me immediately so that we can proceed with the business.
You should please on reply enclose your private telephone, fax number so that we can have more confidential correspondence.
Best regards,
Mr.Sylvester G.Taylor
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