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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: "MIKE JOHN" <m-john2001@ig.com.br>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:16:40 +0100
Subject: Urgent from a brother.
Dear Sir / Ma,
Compliments.
I'm a Male,a Model Fashion Artisan.
David Makoulou is my name, I'm 21 years old, from Congo Democratic. I would
like if you could assist me to retrieve my dad's inheritance with a security
company in Cotonou Benin republic, and invest it into Model Fashion
Industry, and other profitable areas in your counrty? My dad and family
died on plane crash with his Lebanese business partner and his
family too, in the year 2003 when they were travelling to Lebanon for a
festival,and I was in my marital village at Ghana with my grand mother, by
then she was alive. By then my grand mother gave me some documents stated
that some money were deposited on my name by my dad,
worth $9 million US dollars. And I have went to the company to claim the
inheritance but their office was demanding from me the demurrage charges for
clearance to enable their company release the inheritance box to me. But i
don't have such money they demanded for
the clearance. Right now i'm in a refugee camp in Cotonou Benin Republic,
because my lodging money had exhusted. Pls, let me to know if you can help
me so that I will give you other information in this regard. Await urgently
at your earliest convini.
CANTATE MY E-MAIL..dmakoulou2@yahoo.com
Remain blessed.
David Makoulou.
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