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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: abari juan bonzon <abari_juanes@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <abari_juan002@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 05:16:29 -0600
Subject: Greetings to you
From Abarim & Juan bura bonzonTOGO-LOMOWEST AFRICA. Greetings to you , I am Abarim bura (24Years old) while my sister juan bura (22Years old) We are The children of late Mr&Mr Bura Bonzon who was a rich,famous and wealthy cocoa merchant and Gold dealers based in TOGO,The economic capital of LOME. We know our letter will come to you as suprise,we prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to its esteeming nature and the recommendations given to us as a reputable and trust worthy person that we can do business with and by the recommendation , We must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business We are seeking your attention to help us transfer the sum (USD 27,200,000.00)Twenty Seven million two hundred thousand United State American dollars into your account for an investment purposes,Such as real estates and stock markters,as this money was deposited with my name Abarim Abura in the bank as next of kin beforethe sudden death of our father. So, why we contacted you is to help us invest this money in your country for us,and help us to locate a nice school to continue our education,also you will help us to get our resident permit in your country.as we will need your urgent help to transfer this money out of africa because of our uncle who killed our father is after our lives because of this money. Please dear, I and my sister are willing to offer you 30% of the total sum as compensation for your urgent assistance to us .please kindly get back to us as quickly as you receive this message for security reason and for more details Yours sincerely,Abarim & Juan bura bonzon
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