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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: mary koroma <mary_koromax1@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: marykoroma77@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:24:39 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Miss.Mary Koroma
Abidjan Cote d'ivoire
West Africa
Dearest One,
Iam miss Mary Koroma the only daughter of late Mr and Mrs Mohammed from free town in west africa.
It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend in your country. Though I have not met with you before but I believe, one has to risk in other to succeed in life. I am in position of Nine million Five U.S dollars ($9.5) which my late Father deposited in a security
company in Abidjan before he was assasinated by unknown persons during the war in Cote d'ivoire.
Now i want to move this money to invest it in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons.I want you to help me and claim and retrieve these fund from the Security company where
the consignment was deposited as family valuables and transfer it into your personal account in your country for good investment. As soon as you retrieve this consignment from the security company i will coming over to your country to further my educaction and have a new life.
I wait to receive your quick reply today.
Lot of Mary Koroma.
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