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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: "Evette Williams" <eve_gbagbo@katamail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: eve_gbagbo@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 13:07:57 -0700
Subject: Dear Friend
Dear Friend
I am 22 years old lady now, i was born on the 1 of january 1984.to the family of gbagbo.and my father name is Williams 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 their 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 till when i was in high school when 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 Since my father dead last year i fine it had to live in Abijan because of some of his business partner that was after my life that was why i fund my way to senegal and before the death of my father on the 12th December 2004 in a private hospital in Abidjan.
At the point of death my father called me secretly to his bed side and told me that he kept a sumof $10.500 000 (Ten million five hundred thousand united states dollars) in a bank in Europe mean while that he used my name as the beneficiary of the deposited 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.And rigth now i am in senegal to secure my life.
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 because of my refugee status.
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. my email address: eve_gbagbo@yahoo.fr
Bye for now.
May Almighty God bless you as you do care for me Amen.
Best regard
Evette Williams Gbagbo
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