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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: "christiana mark" <christiana_mark@latinmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:22:21 +0100 (CET)
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR URGENT HELP
DEAREST ONE,
GOOD DAY AND WHICH I BELIEVE YOU WILL BE OF GREAT ASSISTANTS TO ME THAT=
WILL MAKE THE BEGINNING OF NEVER-ENDINGFAMILY RELATIONSHIP. I HOPE THA=
T THIS PROPOSAL WILL NOT BE AN INCONVENIENCE OR EMBARRASSMENT TO YOU.I =
MUST NOT HESITATE TO CONFIDE IN YOU THIS SIMPLE AND SINCERE BUSINESS
MY NAME IS CHRISTIANA, I AM 20 YEARS OF AGE, THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF LATE =
MR AND MRS MARK MATTIN FROM REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONIA. MY FATHER BEFORE=
HIS DEATH WAS A PROSPEROUS COCOA AND GOLD MERCHANT BEFORE HIS UNTIMEL=
Y DEATH, AFTER HIS BUSINESS TRIP TO ABIDJAN -COTE D'IVOIRE, TO NEGOTIAT=
E ON A COCOA AND GOLD BUSINESS HE WANTED TO INVEST IN ABIDJAN - COTED'I=
VOIRE. MY MOTHER DIED WHEN I WAS LITTLE ,AND SINCE THEN MY FATHER TOOK=
ME SO SPECIAL.
BEFORE HIS DEATH ON 12TH NOVEMBER 2004 HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAS THE SUM =
OF SEVEN MILLION,SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS.(USD$7.700=
000) HE DEPOSITED WITH ONE OF THE SECURITY COMPANIES HERE IN COTE D,IV=
OIRE. THAT HE WANTED TO USE THIS FUND TO INVEST HIS COCOA BUSINESS IN C=
OTE D,IVOIRE. AFTER THE BURIAL OF MY LATE FATHER I CAME DOWN TO ABIDJAN=
HERE IN COTE D,IVIORE .
I AM JUST 20 YEARS OLD AND A UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE AND REALLY DON'T=
KNOW WHAT TO DO.AND THE NORMAL OPTION IS FOR ME TO CLAIM THIS FUND OU=
T FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY AND TO TRANSFER IT TO A SAFE COUNTRY , THRO=
UGH A RELIABLE PERSON FOR INVESTMENT AND ALSO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION IN=
THE COUNTRY. BECAUSE I HAVE SUFFERED A LOT OF SET BACKS AS A RESULT OF=
INCESSANT POLITICAL CRISIS HERE IN COTE D'IVOIRE.
THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ACTUALLY BROUGHT SORROW TO MY LIFE. AS I,M WRITI=
NG TO YOU NOW I,M WRITING WITH TEARS AND PAINS. ALL THE DOCUMENTS REGAR=
DING TO THE DEPOSIT OF THE FUND THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MY LATE FATHER =
IS INTACT WITH ME.I AM IN A SINCERE DESIRE OF YOUR HUMBLE ASSISTANCE IN=
THIS REGARDS.YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS WILL BE HIGHLY REGARDED.
NOW PERMIT ME TO ASK THESE FEW QUESTIONS:
1. CAN YOU HONESTLY HELP ME?
2. CAN I COMPLETELY TRUST YOU?=20
3. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT IN QUESTION=20
WILL BE GOOD FOR YOU AFTER THE MONEY IS IN YOUR
CUSTODY.=20
PLEASE,CONSIDER THIS AND GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS
POSIBLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOD BLESS YOU.
MY SINCERE REGARDS,
MISS CHRISTIANA MARK,
Un 2007 de Ins=F3lito, Deporte, Cine o Belleza... =A1Feliz Navidad! htt=
p://pan.starmedia.com/especiales/navidad07/portada/index.html
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