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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 ABAVO" <abavoudomi@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: abavo_udomi@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:20:48 +0200
Subject: URGENT NEEDED
Dear,
Please bear with me for sending this letter to you surprisingly.iam Mr. abavo udomi.
a young man nationality from Liberia in west Africa.
My sole purpose of contacting you is for you to assist me in selling in your country or elsewhere of my rough(uncutted-diamonds) which weighs 14,220 carats,from (3-45 carats),(3kg gross)on the scale,("H"VS-1 quality), all rough and worths about(US$8Million).
I shall map out 10% of the sales proceeds as compensation to you for your kind assistance. And 3% will be maped out for any misscelenious expenses that might occure during the process of transfering the diamonds from here to your country.
The diamonds was deposited by my late father in a Securities & Finance Company here in Dakar-Senegal, and it is waiting for my order to be transfered as I am the "NEXT OF KIN" to the depositor as it is indicated in all the depositional documents which i can send to you on request.
Please indicate your acceptance to this business proposal by sending to me your contact phone and fax numnbers for our verbal communication.
Hoping to hear from you soonest. And until then, i remain with the best of my regards to you.
God bless.
Yours truly
Mr. abavo ud,
THIS IS MY EMAIL,(abavo_udomi@yahoo.co.uk <mailto:abavo_udomi@yahoo.co.uk>)
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