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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: "Mrs.Elizabeth Amarah" <e.amarah@dourados.br>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 09:45:20 -0400
Subject: Help Me.
From:Mrs.Elizabeth Amarah and Son.
Abidjan,Cote D'Ivoire,
West Africa.
Contact Me with this Alternative E-mail(e.amarah@box.az)
Dear,
Greetings to you,please permit me to inform you of my
desire to go into business relationship with you,which
will be of mutual benefit between both of us.I am
Mrs.Elizabeth Amarah,a widow of Late Mr.Philip Amarah,from
Kailahun District in Southern Sierra Leone,in West Africa.
My husband was a well known Dealer of Diamond and Cocoa in
West Africa before he was poisoned by his business
associates in one of his business trip to Abidjan,the
commercial capital of Cote D'Ivoire in West Africa,in April
last year.
Before his death in the hospital,he told me that if
eventually he was not able to survive from his illnes that
my name was used as the next of kin to the sum of
US$10.5Million(Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars)which he deposited with the International
Bank here under suspence account.
He also disclose to me where the document regarding the
deposit of the money that was issued to him by the Bank
was kept in our home,and gave me instruction to look for a
foreign business partner who will be willing to assist me
in transfering the money to his/her account for a
lucrative investment.
It is on this note that I contacted you for you to render
me this help,believing that you will not betray the trust
and confident I repose on you,as this money is our only
hope in life.
So I would like you to E-mail me immediately your private
Telephone and fax numbers,as well as your full name and
your home address,so that i will give you the contact of
the Bank where the money was deposited,for you to contact
them and discuss with them on how to transfer the money to
your account.
Meanwhile,I and my Son have agreed to give you 15% of the
total sum for your kind assistance after the money has
been transfered to your account.
(N/B)I humbly beg you to keep this transaction very
confidential for security reason.
Thank's and remain blessed.
Mrs.Elizabeth Amarah and Son.
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