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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: JOSEPHKAMADU <josephkamadu9@ig.com.br>
Reply-To: prince.josephkamadu@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:15:35 -0700
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP
DEAR FRIEND,
I HOPE THIS EMAIL IS REACHING YOU IN A GOOD HEALTH? MY NAME IS JOSEPH
KAMADU AND I AM FROM SIERRA LEONE.
I FOUND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS FROM A WEBSITE WHEN I WAS SEARCHING FOR A
RELIABLE FOREIGN PARTNER.FOR SOMETIME NOW I HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH
DIFFICULTIES IN LIFE. IT ALL STARTED WHEN I LOST MY FATHER.MY FATHER
WAS A GREAT OIL MERCHANT IN SIERRA LEONE, HE WAS INTO IMPORT AND EXPORT
OF MAINLY CRUDE OIL.HE WAS POISONED BY ONE OF HIS BUSINESS COUNTERPARTS
AFTER A DISPUTE OVER A BIG CONTRACT FROM A OIL COMPANY IN MY COUNTRY
THAT WAS AWARDED TO MY LATE FATHER IN SIERRA LEONE.
AFTER THE DEATH OF MY FATHER HIS FAMILY MEMBERS MADE AWAY WITH ALL THAT
MY FATHER HAD, AND SENT ME AND MY MOTHER OUT OF MY FATHERS HOUSE, AND
SOLD THE HOUSE, WE COULD NOT FIND THEM AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE WAR THAT
HAPPENED IN MY COUNTRY.TWO WEEKS BACK MY MUM SHOWED ME SOME DOCUMENTS
WHICH MY FATHER USED IN DEPOSITING THE SUM OF $9.8 MILLION DOLLAR IN A
BANK IN GHANA AND THE PICTURES AT THE TIME HE WAS SIGNING THE AGREEMENT
WITH THE BANK,AND HE USED MY NAME AS THE NEXT OF KIN.
I WAS FILLED WITH JOY, AND I TRAVELED To GHANA WITH MY MOTHER.WE GOT TO
THE BANK AND PRESENTED THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS THAT WAS GIVEN TO MY LATE
FATHER AT THE TIME HE DEPOSITED THE MONEY WITH THE BANK.THEY ACCEPTED
THAT THE MONEY IS THERE,BUT THEY CAN NOT RELEASE IT TO ME,BECAUSE MY
FATHER STATED AT THE TIME OF DEPOSIT THAT THE FUND WILL LEAVE AFRICA ON
TRANSIT TO HIS FOREIGN PARTNER OVERSEAS FOR OTHER PURPOSE.
I DID NOT KNOW THAT MY DAD WAS PLANING OF OPENING A COMPANY ABROAD.WE
WERE ADVISED BY THE BANK TO GET A FOREIGN PARTNER WHO IS RELIABLE TO
HELP US RECEIVE THE FUND FROM THE BANK, SO WE WANT YOU TO BE OUR
FOREIGN PARTNER AND HELP US CONTACT THE BANK,SO THAT THE BANK CAN
TRANSFER THE MONEY OF MY LATE FATHER TO YOUR ACCOUNT. MY SELF AND MY
MUM HAVE AGREED TO GIVE YOU 25% OF THE TOTAL FOUND.THEN I AND MY MUM
CAN COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY AND START A BETTER LIFE.PLEASE I WANT YOU
TO UNDERSTAND THAT I WANT TO TRUST YOU, AND I FEEL YOU CAN HELP ME AND
MY MUM, THAT IS WHY I AM TELLING YOU THIS TOP SECRET.AS I AM WRITING
YOU THIS MAIL MY EYES ARE FILLED WITH TEARS, BECAUSE MY MUM IS VERY
SICK AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY HERE IN GHANA WE ARE LIVING WITH AN OLD
LADY NAMED MRS NANAEKWEA ADDO WHO WORKS AS A GARDNER IN A COMPANY.
AFTER I HEAR FROM YOU I WILL SEND YOU THE DETAILS CONCERNING THE FUND.I
WILL SEND YOU EVIDENCE OF DEPOSIT ISSUED TO MY LATE FATHER AT THE TIME
HE DEPOSITED THE MONEY WITH THE BANK. , MY FATHERS PICTURES, AT THE
TIME OF DEPOSITING THE FUND WITH THE BANK ,AND HIS CASKET DURING HIS
BURIAL, I WILL ALSO SEND YOU MY PICTURES.PLEASE SEND ME YOUR MOBILE
NUMBER WITH WHICH I CAN USE TO REACH YOU.
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT REPLY.
GOD BLESS YOU,
SINCERELY,
JOSEPH KAMADU
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