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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: Sule Khalif <skhalifff2@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 02:33:10 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM SULE KHALIF
FROM SULE KHALIF
UNITED NATION ASSYLUM CAMP
ABIDJAN WEST AFRICA
Dear,
After going through your profile,I became interested in disclosing
everything about myself to you.i am interested in long term relationship.i
am the only child of late Mr Ibrahim Khalif ,A produce merchant of Sierra
Leone, who was assassinated by the RUF rebels on the 16 of April 2004.
Unfortunately my mother died for hypertension three week later here in
Abidjan and before then my mother has already advised me to look for a
person abroad who will assist me by fronting as the foreign partner to my
father on whose behalf he deposited the sum of $9.580 Million.
This money was deposited with a bank herein Abidjan,it was deposited for a
foreign business with his partners. Now that i am in Abidjan and verified
the deposit, i need your assistance to help me to transfer this money
out,for investment in your country.
I ask you to scout for a valuable and lucrative business so that both of us
can invest wisely, apart from the relationship. I have in mind to give you
20% of the total and 5% for any expenses which you may incure in course of
this transaction.
By this mail you are now requested to arrange on how this money will be
transfer into your account by sending your details information like
telephone and fax number with your bank information deatils so that the
transfer will be faster.
Waiting for your response
Yours sincerely
Sule Khalif
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