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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: "maria ibekwe" <m_ibekwe4@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:54:47 +0200
Subject: from maria ibekwe
From maria ibekwe.
Avenue 16 Rue 13nn
Treichville Abidjan
Ivory coast
Please Permit me to inform you of my mind, Because I have make up
my mind to write to you this way. however is not mandatory nor will
I in any manner compel you to honour against your will i got your
contact information from ivorian chamber of commerce in my earnest
search for a reliable individual who can assist me to make this
transaction a reality after going through your profile i decided
to contact you to help me out of my problem.With my believe in
God that you will never let me down.
I am a 22 years old lady now, i was born on the 1of january 1984 to
the family of ibekwe .and my father name is Joseph he is a very
wealthy gold and cocoa merchant who based in ACCRA and ABIDJAN
respectively, and my mothers name is Sheila.and I am there only
child.well when i was a kid i went to a private schools and things
were going on well for me and my parents my mother died on the 21ST
october 1994 , My father took me so special because i am motherless.
and he shower all his love on me and promised me that he will
never have another woman because he did not want me for any
problem.but has fate his my father got dead last year.but before
the death of my father on the
12th june 2005 in a private hospital here in Abidjan , he
called me secretly to his bed side and told me that he kept a
sumof $2.700 000 (two million seven hundred thousand united
states dollars) in a bank in Abidjan Cote D'ivoire. meanwhile
that he used my name as the next of kin in deposit of the fund.
He also explained to me that it was because of this money he was
poisoned by his business partner and that i should seek for
foreign partner in a country of my choice where i would transfer
this money and use it for investment purpose, such as;real
estate investment or stock
market investment. Plesae, i am honourably soliciting your
kind assistance as follows. 1) To provide a bank account where
this money will be transfered into. 2) To serve as the guardian
of these fund ,since i am 22yearsold. 3)To make arrangement
for me in your country to continue my
educational career and to procure me a residential permit in your
country.
I am inclined to offer you 15% of the total sum as a mode of
compensation for your effort after the successful transfering of
these fund to your nominated account overseas.Please i will be very
happy if this transaction will be concluded with in seven (7)
working days from now.I am expecting to hear from you as soon as
possible. May Almighty God bless you as you do care for me Amen.
Best regard pls reply to my email id (m_ibekwe4@yahoo.com)
maria ibekwe
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