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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: david festus <dfestus_festus@yahoo.ca>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:07:54 -0500 (EST)
Subject: From David Festus/Please I Need Your Help.
>From David Festus
Ivory Coast West Africa
Dearest One.
I am David Festus from Ivory Coast and I am contacting you because I need your help in the management of a sum of money that my dead father Mr.Jonathan Festus left for me before he died. This money is USD 9.5 million American Dollars and the money is deposited by my late father in a bank here in ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE.
My father was a very rich cocoa farmer and he was poisoned by his business colleagues and now I want you to stand as my guardian and appointed beneficiary and receive the money in your country since I am only 19 years and without mother or father.
Please I will like you to reply to this email so that I will tell you all the information so that this money will be transferred to your account so that you will get me papers to travel to your country to continue my education there.
I am waiting for your urgent reply and i will call you as soon as i hear from you. and send to you a copy of my picture so that you will know the person you are helping. email me at (dfestus_festus@yahoo.fr)
Thanks.
DAVID FESTUS.
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