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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: "Daren Carama" <d_carama13@yahoo.ca> (may be fake)
Reply-To: d_carama14@yahoo.ca
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 12:10:20 +0200
Subject: I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.
COMPLIMENTS OF THE DAY TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
HOW ARE YOU DOING? I DO HOPE YOU ARE FINE? IF SO GLORY BE TO ALMIGHTY.I GOT YOUR EMAIL ON MY SEARCH FOR INVESTMENT RESEARCH.THEN I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU HOPING THAT YOU WILL BE THE RIGHT PERSON TO ASSIST ME AND MY MOTHER ON ANY PROFITABLE INVESTMENT I WANT TO DO IN YOUR COUNTRY.
FIRST AND FOREMOST,I APOLOGIZED USING THIS MEDIUM TO REACH YOU FOR A TRANSACTION/ BUSINESS OF THIS MAGNITUDE. LET ME INTRODUCE MY SELF PROPERLY.
MY NAME IS MR.DAREN CARAMA; THE SON OF CHIEF MONTSHO CARAMA , I AM THE BENEFICIARY/NEXT OF KIN OF THE FUND, I AND MY MOTHER ARE LIVING UNDER UNHCR IN DAKAR SENEGAL. AS REFUGEE. MY LATE.FATHER (CHIEF MONTSHO CARAMA) WAS A BUSINESS MAN; HE DEALS ON DIAMOND AND GOLD BEFORE HIS UNTIMELY DEATH,
HE WAS KILLED BY THE REBELS OF R.U.F AND MANY OF OUR PROPERTIES/BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED BY THEM.WHEN MY LATE FATHER WAS ALIVE HE SENSED OF CONSPIRACY AGAINST HIM AND HE ESCAPED ME AND MY MOTHER TO DAKAR SENEGAL. AND LATER GO BACK TO SIERRA LEONE THAT IS WHEN HE WAS KILLED.THAT TIME THE WAR WAS STILL GOING ON IN MY COUNTRY. WHEN HE WAS A LIVE HE DEPOSITED HIS MONEY(US$13.5 MILLION DOLLARS) WITH MY NAME AS HIS NEXT OF KIN IN A PRIVATE FINANCE COMPANY IN SENEGAL..
PRESENTLY,I WANT YOU TO HELP ME TRANSFER THE MONEY OUT FROM THE FINANCE COMPANY TO YOUR POSITION,SO THAT YOU CAN HELP US TO INVEST IT AND ALSO TO HELP US ACQUIRE NATURIZATION STATUS IN YOUR COUNTRY. PLEASE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED TO HELP US. YOU WILL STAND AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE MONEY AND AS MY FOREIGN PARTNER. AND ALSO YOU WILL HELP US TO TRANSFER THE MONEY TO YOUR POSITION PENDING ON MY ARRIVAL TO MEET WITH YOU.ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT MY LATE FATHER USED TO DEPOSIT THE MONEY IS HERE WITH ME AND WILL BE FAX TO YOU ON DEMAND.
I HAVE THE AUTHORITY OF MY MOTHER INVOLVED THAT SHOULD YOU BE WILLING TO ASSIST US IN THE PROCESS OF THE TRANSFER,YOUR SHARE OF THE SUM WILL BE 20% OF THE $13.5 MILLION,THE TRANSACTION IS 100% SAFE,ON YOUR PART PROVIDED YOU TREAT IT WITH UTMOST SECRECY AND CONFIDENTIALITY. ALSO YOUR AREA OF SPECIALIZATION IS NOT A HINDRANCE TO THE SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF THIS TRANSACTION.I HAVE REPOSED MY CONFIDENCE IN YOU AND HOPE THAT YOU WILL NOT DISAPPOINT ME.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU.
THANKS,
DAREN CARAMA.
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