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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: "PAT" <p_duru3@virgilio.it> (may be fake)
Reply-To: p_duru4@virgilio.it
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 10:44:09 +0000
Subject: Good day
Good day.
I know this letter may come to you as a surpise since it is coming from someone you have not met before.How,we decided to contact you based on a satisfory information I had about your persoanal details in this business inforemation concerning your country andsafety of our fund in a steady economy such as that of your country compared to Africa.I wish to solicit your help in migrating to Your country and Investing my funds.Briefly, I am a Sierre Leone National and the wife of late Dr Williams Kamara. Until his death, my husband was the Maneging Director of Diamond Mine in Kanema and one of the richest diamond and gold deilar in Seirre Leone. On December 3rd 2002 the military forces loyal to the Government of Ahmed Tijan Kabbah invaded the diamond mine and assassinated my husband, mistaking him for his brother Mike Kamara who was the deputy to the leader of the Revolutionary United Frond ( RUF ) Foday Sankoh. When the news reached me, I hurried gether!
ed some valuables things in our family villa and escaped for my dear life in the company of my only son and my husband durgther, among the valuable was a file that contained details of a deposite my husband made in a security compary in AbidjanCote d" Ivoire. He deposited US$ 14.7 million dollers contained in a trunk box as family valuables money he made from the of Gold and Diamonds during his time as the General Maneging Director. this box which is concealed in a trunk is deposited with a security and finance compary here in Abidjan, under a special arrangement as family valuable tresure, this means that the security company dose not know the content of this boxes which was brought from Sierra Leone under a diplomatic coverage.Now that we are in Abidjanand verified the transaction,we need your assisstance to help us move this funds out of Cote d' Ivoire for investment in your country as we can not invest here due to its nearness to our conutry and the wa!
r still going on there.We ask you to scout for a viable and lucrativ
e business, so that we can invist wisely.We have it in mind to give you 10% of the total sum US$14.7 million dollers,and 5% of any expenses which you will make in course of this transaction--fax messages, phone calls,air tickets etc.By this mail, you are now requested to arrage a visit down to Abidjan so that we shall know ourselsves and arrange on how to transfer
this money to your conutry and invsit. There is need for urgent actions because I pay US$100 daily as demurrage to the security company for keeping this consignments Looking forward for your urgent response.and forward all you full private contact addresses including telehpone and fax numbers.
Your Sincerely
Mrs Pat Duru Wiliams
you can call me with this number 00225 0713 1566
and i will like to e-mail me on this pat1_duru@yahoo.com <mailto:pat1_duru@yahoo.com>
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