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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: mirian dikko <mirian_dikko3@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: mirian_dikko@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 22:29:47 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From : mirian dikko
Urgent / Assistance
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I know this mail may come to you as a surprise, since we have not known or written before.
After you receive this mail kindly contact me on my private e.mail contact below. introducing myself, I am Miss Mirian dikko, the Only Child of late Mr and Mrs Joseph dikko, my father was a gold and cocoa mercahnt based in accra, ghana and Abidjan (Ivory Coast), he was poisoned to death by his
business associates on one of their business trips. before the death of my father on 29th june 2006 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of usd $9. 000 000 00 M Dollars ( Nine Million U.S Dollars), deposited in a suspence
account in one of the prime bank here in abidjan ivory coast, that he used my name as his only Child for the next of kin in depositing of the fund.
He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth and that he do not have a male child that he was poisoned by his business associates so that his wealth and money will occupy, Because of this reason my father addviced me that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my
choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as expansion of his existing cocoa business and real estate management overseas.
That is why I have contacted you to assist me. For your kind assistance to me, I am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after the successful transfer of this fund to your nominated account and you can indicate your option towards assisting me
Anticipating to hear from you soon.
Yours sincerely
Miss mirian dikko.
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