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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: ISMAEL MOHAMED <ismael_mmm1@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:57:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HELP PLEASE
Mr Ismael Mohamed
Introduction.
My Dear,
It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which i ,intend to establish in your country. Though I have not meet you before but I believe, one has to risk confiding in succeed sometimes in life.
There is this huge amount of ($ 7.500.000) dollars which my late father kept for me with a Security Company in Abidjan
before he was assasinated by unknown persons.Now I decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons.I want you to help me claim and retrieve these fund from the security company and transfer it into your personal account in your country for investment purposes on these areas:
1). Telecommunication
2). the transport industry
3). Five star hotel
If you can be of an assistance to me i will be pleased to offer to you 10% Of the total fund.
I await your soonest response.
Respectfully yours,
Mr Ismael Mohamed.
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