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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: Ousmane Konate <ouskona1978@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:15:57 +0000
Subject: Good Morning
Ousmane Konate .
Rue 40x45 medina
Dakar Senegal west africa .
email address , ouskona1978@yahoo.fr
Hello Dear,Good morning
I am sorry to disturb you.i know you will feel embarrassed seeing this =
letter. please don't be, i am under pressure. let me introduce myself to you =
first .I am Master Ousmane Konate from Mali country in west Africa ,
On the 20th day morning at about 4:18am some fractions of group pretend as =
rebels with guns break into our house in Cote d'ivoire and killed our =
security guard and pass-through the gate entrance to the main building and =
took my father away to an un-known destination.
After about four hours later we found my father at the road side, by then he =
had been totally beaten and was bleeding to death lying in the pool of his =
own blood. From there, we rushed him to a near by hospital and hours later he =
call me beside his bed and review to me many of his plans in future , since =
my mother is late.
He told me that he can not make it from the doctors diagnosis, he also told =
me that it was because he (my father) was not from their country that he has =
been treated this way and also being a successful business man in Cote =
d'ivoire . i will tell you on phone my father business or when we meet in =
your country.
At my father point of death he said he is suspecting some of his business =
partners for conspiracy and this sort of brutality. My father told me that =
he deposited some amount of money in a Finance house outside Africa . and =
also told me where he kept the whole documents concerning this deposit that =
is made for investment purpose in the western world.The deposit was deposited =
on my name as soul next of kins.
I am the only child to my parents. Since that day my father lost brain =
control and suffered by stroke too couple with the pains, Then with the =
help of the French soldiers, we escaped to Senegal country where i am now , =
on the day 11th january 2007 my father died and it was very painful to me =
till today.
Please i am contacting you to help me to receive my father money in your =
account for investment, I have decided to compensate you with 25% of this =
money as soon as this transfer is done by transferring the fund to your =
account, while i visit you in your country for investment s with the money. =
This money is $11.4m , Eleven Million four hundred thousand united state =
dollars .
Please do take your time to go through the mail and get back to me, so that I =
will simply introduce you to the Finance house where the fund is being kept =
now for onward transfer ,
Reply me by sending your contact information so that i will forward this to =
the finance firm while you contact them to find out the procedures of their =
transfer to your care on my behalf .I am waiting for your response.
Thanks and God bless.
Ousmane
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