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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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From: "ECO WAS" <ecowas_033@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:26:03 -0500
Subject: Very Very Urgent
Dear friend,
You have not received this email in error, l just
want to see how possible it is for both of us to
work on a venture. Note that this email is not
one of those bogus email sent over the internet
to play on people’s intelligence.
Please forgive me, l prefer to remain anonymous
for now. I am writing you from one of the African
countries. My father was before his death, a top
government official; early last year my father and
eight other men were arrested by the government
on allegation of subversive activities; this was
nothing but a mere political persecution. Let me
leave the rest of the story for later.
A month before this event, l accompanied my father
on a trip to a near by country, where he made a
secret deposit of several millions of dollars concealed
in a box containing antiquities. He told the director
that the deposit will remain there until the arrival of
his foreign partner from Europe who will have it
shipped abroad for a museum exhibition.
Since my father’s death, l have not been able to
legally take possession of the deposit. The director
insist l must come with my late father’s foreign partner
in respect of whom he made the deposit. It is in view
of this, that l have decided to contact you for assistant.
I want you to assist me in taking possession of the
deposit as my late father’s foreign partner in the
Europe whom he was expecting. The amount of money
in the box is 10.5 Million United States Dollar.
If you will assist me, l promise you will be highly
rewarded. If you are responding to this email, Please
send me your response through the following email
address:
ecowas_wt_africa@yahoo.com
Please Keep this confidential and treat with discretion,
while I wait to hear from you. May God be with you.
Thank you.
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