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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: "Mrs.Felicia Orlean O'brien" <f.obrien01@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: f.obrien001@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 18:08:02 +0200
Subject: Dear Executive ,
There is a change of policy in our Government. The newly elected president,Mrs Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, having vowed to tackle corruption in the country has sacked all the entire staffs of FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE. She has also ordered that no one should leave the shores of the country while our accounts are being investigated. I need your assistance,I am Mrs.Felicia Orlean O'brien, from Liberia and the Director of Foreign Operations of the Ministry.
There are concealments of fund which I would want you to assist me transfer into your account. We have been banned from travelling out side the country pending the out come of our accounts that are being investigated.
Please I have the sum of $11m in a security company in senegal which I would want you to assist me transfer out.I would not know the extent the investigation would go. You will be adequately compensated after the transfer. Please this requires urgency and secrecy.I need your assistance to avoid seizure of this fund. I have made the arrangements and all I need is for you to provide an account where the money would be transfered.
There is no risk in this please but I want the money transfered before the investigation extends to Senegal.
Please get back to me as soon as possible.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs.Felicia Orlean O'brien.
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