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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: <kelvin_shutaaku@centrum.cz>
Date:
Subject: Dearest one,
Dearest one,
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=46irst I must solicit for your confidence in this transaction and I p=
ray that our vission for contacting you will be given genuine approva=
l . I wish to use this opportunity to introduce myself to you. I am Kel=
vin Shutaaku from Sierra-Leone.
=20
I write you to know my desires to invest in your country; I am the firs=
t son of Jonathan K. Shutaaku, who was the former Minister of Mines and=
Industry. My father had a bullet wounds by the rebels on his way trave=
ling to the Capital city Freetown along with my sister Mary. My sister =
Mary died on the spot while U.N Peace keeping force rescued my father, =
he later died after eleven months.
=20
Before his death he told to me about the box containing $18.5 million U=
=2ES Dollars to look after my self and my only Mother and shouldn=92t g=
o back to Sierra-Leone for my safety. Why my father deposit the fund in=
the security company here is for safety of the fund.
Presently, my mother and I are here in West Africa Ivory Coast to noti=
fy the security company for the claims for the FUND, and we are staying=
in the refugee camp.
=20
Dearest one, I want you to lecture me on how best we can invest this mo=
ney in your country and as I told you we really wanted to come there. =
My father told me it is dangerous to invest this money in Africa to avo=
id suspicious, due to its bad economy and political instability facing =
Africa countries that is why I want to invest in abroad.
=20
=46or your foreign assistance I and my mother have agreed to offer 15% =
of the total amount of the money. We have all the vital documents cover=
ing the deposit fund and the ownership which I can send to you. accordi=
ng to my late fathers instruction concerning the box he depossited with=
the security company,that it was deposited as family valuables not as =
money please all the documents covering this transaction are all with m=
y mother for us to issure it to you as soon we get you responce
God bless you as we waith for your urgent responce
Kelvin and mother
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