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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: "mariamali50 Gazeta.pl" <mariamali50@gazeta.pl>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 17:09:10 +0100
Subject: hello
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From:Mariam Ali
Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire.
Dearest One,
Permit me to inform you of my desire of asking you to be a guardian or
foster parent to me and then help me out in what i about to tell you.
I'm Mariam Ali (17) I am the child of Late Mr. & Mrs. Ugo Ali (Orphans). My
father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant here in Abidjan, the economic
capital of Cote D'Ivoire. He was poisoned to death by his business
associates on one of their outings on a business trip. Our mother died
when i am babe.
Before the death of my father on Sept. 2006 and before his death he secretly
called me by his sick bed and told me that he has the sum of Two million two
hundred and thousand United State Dollars USD ($2.200,000) deposited in a
suspense account in a banks here in Abidjan.I now want to transfer it out
and use it for investment purpose in your country
Because of this I honorably seeking your assistance in the following ways:
(1) To serve as a guardian to me and then assist me transfer this money into
your bank account. *
*(2) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my
education and then settle there parmanently. I shall offer you 15% of the
total money for assisting me on the transfer of the money to your account.
Thanks and God bless you .
Best regards,
mariam ali
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