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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: cynthia mamadou <cynnti11@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <cymahd07@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:51:05 +0000
Subject: Compliments and Greetings From Cynthia Mamadou
Compliments and Greetings From Cynthia Mamadou
Miss Cynthia Mamadou
20 Rue Avenue, Bouake,Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
26:09:07
Dear One,
I really appologize on using these way to contact you, but i strongly beleive that anyone who trust in God will never be disappointed.Please consider my helpless situation and accept my letter and give a second thought about it.
My name is Miss Cynthia Mamadou from Sierra Leone. i am an orphan being that i lost my mother at a very tender age and my father Dr.Mahdi Mamadou who was serving as director of the Cocoa exporting board in Abidjan, Ivory Coast until his death . He died on the 12th October (2006) through food poison by some undisclosed people who i greatly suspect to be his business associates .i just gained admission to study Medicine and surgery before the sudden death of my father.
Before his death he deposited the sum of $8M USA Dollars in a Bank / Finance House and he left an instruction that the money is strictly for investments aboard and be given to me when i am upto 25 years or above because it is an agreement that my late father signed with the bank and used me as his next of kin because i am his only child.
Because of the hostile and bad behaviour of my fathers brothers, and there constant threats to kill me, i had to run away , and it was on these situation that i contacted you .My father's brothers have taken my father's car, and our house and because the my elders, there was nothing i could do than to run for my dear life because i did not want them to also take the fund deposit documents .i decided to make haste to see that these money is transfered to your account in your country so that i can leave these country before something bad happens to me.
I want you to do me a favour to assist me transfer the money to your country as my Guardian and Investor, and also you will assist me travel to your country and continue my education. This is my reason for writing to you.
Please if you are willing to assist me, kindly contact me by replying to my email to you and give me your full name, address, telephone, fax numbers and profession, so that i will have more confidence in you and i shall give to you the contact of the bank where my father deposited the money and also the deposit documents. i have mapped out 60% for myself, 25% for your cordial assistance and 15% for charity homes like the less priviledged because that was the vow i made to God .
Finally if you have any question as regards this transaction, please dont fail to ask me. I sold my tel phone so i can have money to eat so at present i do not have a tel phone.Please note that the confidentiality of this transaction would be highly appreicated, Please reply as soon as possible. Thanks and God bless you.
Miss Cynthia Mamadou.
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