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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)
Reply-To: msarahdada@hotmail.fr
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:35:00 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: URGENT MAIL FROM SARAH DADA.
From Sarah and Philip /Appeal for Assistance.
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Dearest One,
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We are Sarah and Philip Dada from Sierra Leone. We are writing you from Rep of Cote D'Ivoire where we have been taking refuge after the brutal war and murder of our parents by the rebels during the renewed fighting in our country. Because of the war our late Father sold his shipping company and took us to a nearby country Cote d'Ivoire where he deposited US$12,500,000.00 Million in his foreign account with one of the bank here in Cote d'Ivoire, Please We prayed over this issue before contacting you and due to the current political crisis in Ivory Coast we are seeking for your assistance to help us transfer this Money to your account and also relocate to your country to further our studies and we are willing to offer you 20% of the total sum for your help. Please, contact us on this e-mail addresse (msarahdada@hotmail.fr) for more details.
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Best Regards
Sarah and Philip.
(msarahdada@hotmail.fr)
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