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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: maria jones <maria_jones22@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <maria_jones20@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:17:39 +0200
Subject: PRIVATE MESSAGE
Dearest One, I am Miss Maria Jones from sierra leone residing in Ivory Coast am 20 years old ,sad to say I lost my parents in my tenderly age. It is my desire to contact you on honesty and sincerity to assist me stand as my guidian and beneficiary in retrieving the metalic trunk box containing the sum of $10,000,000(Ten Million United States Dollars) deposited by my father late Mr.Jones Bakuba to your country for investment. I am motivated in contacting you and hope to gradually build trust, relationship and confidence in you as I get to know you better. So please I want to know if you will be of assistance but first I want to get to know you better. I am willing to offer you 15 % of the total money contain in the box for your effort input after the successful retrieval of the box of money for investment purpose. Indicate your interest towards assisting me toward coming to your country to further my education and help me invest my part.
Now permit me to ask these few questions:- 1. Can you honestly and willingly help me as your daughter? 2. Can I completely trust you? 3. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you after the money is in your country? Please, Consider this and reply me at your earliest convenient. Thank you so much. My sincere regards,
Maria Jones
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