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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:41:24 +0400
Subject: From Williams Alfarouk/Appeal for Assistance.




From Williams Alfarouk/Appeal for Assistance.

My Dear One,

I am Williams Alfarouk from Republic of Sierra Leone, presently here
in Ivory Coast. I lost My father a couple of months ago. My late
father was serving as director of the cocoa exporting board until his
death in my home town Sierra Leone.

He died in the hospital after a brief illness when he came back from
his business trip on March 2007. Before his death he deposited in the
sum of ($18.3m) Eighteen million three hundred thousand USD in his
foreign account with one of the bank here in Cote d'Ivoire.

I have prayed before contacting you with the trust in God that you
will be of help to me with the current political situation in Ivory
Coast now, am seeking for your honest assistance to transfer this
money to your account for a good investment project in your country
and also relocate to your country to further my study.

I want you to do me a favour to help me retrive this fund out of the
banks
custody in your name as the foreign partner and invest this fund
in a benefitable investment in your country for the future of my life.


Please if you are willing to assist me indicate your interest in
sending to me the following information:
Your full name and address.....
Your marital status.............
Your occupation.................
Your country of Origin..........
Your telephone number..........
I will be pleased to offer to you 20% Of the total fund for your
kind assistance. And please try and get back to me through my private
telephone (0022545874011) for more discussions if you are willing to
help me out, it is very important. Please dont forget to get to me.

Thanks and God bless.

Williams Alfarouk
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This message sponsored by "TBC Bank [1]"

Links:
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[1] http://www.tbc.ge

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