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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: Miss Famille Ngabihan <mille_nga8@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <famillenga0@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 09:08:18 +0000
Subject: DEAR TRUSTED ONE,
DEAR TRUSTED ONE,
IT'S MY PLEASURE WRITTING YOU AND I KNOW THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW ME PERSONALLY,BUT BEFORE I GO FURTHER,I AM MISS FAMILLE N'GAIBHAN FROM COTE D'IVORIE AND I AM CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE I NEED YOUR HELP IN THE MANAGEMENT OF A SUM OF MONEY THAT MY LATE FATHER MR KABLAN N'GAIBHAN LEFT FOR ME BEFORE HE DIED.
THE AMOUNT IN QUESTION IS USD $2.5 MILLION AND THE MONEY IS IN A BANK HERE IN ABIDJAN. MY FATHER WAS A WELL KNOWN COCOA FARMER AND HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS COLLEAGUES BECAUSE OF HIS INVESTMENTS AND NOW I PLEAD WITH YOU TO STAND AS MY GUIDEIAN AND THE APPOINTED BENEFICIARY AND RECEIVE THIS MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY SINCE I AM ONLY 19YEARS AND WITHOUT PARENTS TOO,MY MOTHER DIED DUE TO THE SHOCK OF MY FATHER'S DEATH.
PLEASE I WILL LIKE YOU TO REPLY ME IMMEDIATELY, SO THAT I WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE DETAILS AND INFORMATIONS YOU WILL NEED,SO THAT THIS MONEY COULD BE TRANSFERRED TO YOUR ACCOUNT SO THAT YOU WILL GET ME PAPERS TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION THERE.
THANKS AND GOD BLESS
YOURS
MISS FAMILLE N'GAIBHAN
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