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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. Mohamed & Sister." <yayamah@zwallet.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mohamed1-3@inMail24.com
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:13:19 +0000
Subject: Good Day From Mr. Mohamed & Sister.
As-Salaam-u-Alaikum,
I got your contact from the Ecowas Information Center in Gambia. My sources of your contact gave me the courage and confidence.
It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to Establish In your country, though I have not met with you before
but I Believe one has to risk confiding in success sometimes in life. I am Mr. Mohamed Bah the son of the former minister for DEFENCE
and INTERIOR.
There is this huge amount of US$10.6million which my late father kept for us in company before he was assassinated by Unknown persons.
Now I and my younger sister have decided to invest this money in your country or anywhere save enough outside Africa for security and
political reasons. We want you to help us claim and retrieved this fund from the fiduciary Respect fully from Mr. Yaya & Sister. Fund Holders
and Transfer it into your personal account in your country for investment purposes on profitable ventures.
If you can be of assistance to us, we will please to offer you 32% of the total fund. I await youre soonest responses through our private
Email: mohamed1-3@myway.com
Respect fully yours,
Mr. Mohamed & Sister.
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