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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: ousman hamza <ousmanhamza04@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: ousmanhamza100@hotmail.fr
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:24:26 +0100 (CET)
Subject: from Ousman
Mr Ousman Hamza
Abidjan Cote d'ivoire=20
west africa.=20
Dearest One,
It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to=
establish in your country. Though I have not met with you before but I b=
elieve, one has to risk confiding in succeed sometimes in life. There is =
this huge amount ($4.500,000,00) Million USA Dollar which my late Father =
kept for with a Fiduciary Fund Holder in Abidjan before her Death.=20
Now I have decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe=
enough outside Africa for security and political reasons.I want you to h=
elp me claim and retrieve these fund from the Fiduciary Fund Holders and =
transfer it into your personal account in your country for investment pur=
poses on these areas:=20
1). Telecommunication=20
2). The Transport Industry=20
3). Five Star Hotel=20
I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:=20
1) To provide a bank account into which this money would be transferred=
to .
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since i am 22years old.
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my=
education and to secure a resident permit in your country
If you can be of an assistance to me I will be pleased to offer to you =
15% Of the total fund. I await your soonest response. =20
=20
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Yours Sincerely,=20
Ousman hamza
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