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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: Mohammad Ali <alim14mo225@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <ali2007228@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 08:40:38 +0000
Subject: I am Mohammad Ali
Dear ,
After going through your profile,I became interested in disclosing everything about myself to you.I am Single interested in long term relationship.I am Mohammad Ali the Son of late Dr. Ali Mustafa the former chief accountant of the Gold and Diamond minning corporation of Sierra Leone, who was assassinated by the RUF rebels on the 16 of April 2005.
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 our father who deposited a box of money containing $10,000,000.00 Million in a security company here in Abidjan.
This money was deposited with a security company 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 get 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.
By this mail you are now requested to arrange on how this box of money can move out of this country into your country, by deplomatic. Thy will deliver the box to your country through your home address which you will provide for me. Waiting for your quick response .Yours sincerely,Mohammad AliTel 0022508555755
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