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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: eric steve <eric_myday@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 14:33:57 +0100 (CET)
Subject: From Eric Steve
From Eric Steve
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire
Email : eric_myday@yahoo.fr
response via this email address : eric_myday@yahoo.fr
My dear,
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into long time relatioship and financial transaction for our mutual benefits hence I write with due respect .I am Eric Steve and I inherited an important sum of money from my late father who died in a recent crisis in Cote d'Ivoire. I wish to request for your assistance in investing this money in a lucrative venture under your directives and guidiance in your country. I want you to assist me in tranfering out this money, out from a bank here in Abidjan Cote D' Ivoire. Which is sum of Two million, five hundred thousand United State Dollars.($2.500,000) I will give you the contact of the bank where the money was deposited so that you can contact them immediately and discuss with them since I do not know much about financial issues. I will give you some resonable percentage from the total sum for your assistance while I pray that you do not betray me at last. Please it is important you contact me immediately for more
clarifications on the next step hence it is my wish to relocate to your country as soon as this transaction is concluded.
Awaiting your immediate response via this email address : eric_myday@yahoo.fr
God bless you.
Eric Steve.
+22507266990
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