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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: "Miss Mariam J.Sinko" <msinko20@voila.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: msinko28@voila.fr
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 14:05:31 +0000
Subject: We need your investment help!!
Good Day,
i know that you will be surprise to recieve this mail,before i go on let me tell you a little bit of myself,
my name is Mariam Sinko from republic of Liberia in west Africa,i am the only surviving daughter of
my father Mr. jonhson sinko. My late father was a well known businessman dealing on row Gold and
Diamond in Lofia County Liberia West Africa. he was a very prosperous businessman,infact they call
him the richest man in the town of Lofa,but he was killed one early morning on 20/4/2003 by the rebels,
may his soul rest in peace,those rebels broke in and captured the town of vangerma which is the main
city in lofa county,killing and looting,it was there my family has been executed,they killed my father and
mother with my three younger once,i and my only brother by name johnson jr. the only son we have
were saved because were at school when the whole insindant was happning then we ran into forest,
it was a long story,we have under go so many diffcuties,but i thank God for our life,so when we get
back to our house all our family has been killed i dont know what to do cos the rebels have loots
everything in our house,
luckly to us,i found my fathers suitcase with some documents showing that he deposited the sum
of five million five hundred thousand united state dollars in a financial/security Company in Abroad
with my younger brother's name as his next of kin so we made away with these documents.so what
we need is a trusted and God fearing person who shall help us secure this money into his account in
which we shall meet him for him to invest the money for us and we shall contuine our school,you will
will take us as your own children, on hearing from you we shall give you the contact of the holding
firm for you to discuss on our behalf,awaits to hear from you as you read this mail.you can also contact
us at e-mail,msinko28@voila.fr
;i remain with the best of regards.
Mariam Sinko.
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