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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: "From :Mr. Salim Yahaya Bello" <salimbello_29c@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 22:50:55 +0700
Subject: Request For Assistance.
>From :Mr. Salim Yahaya Bello
Tel+66-464 289 45
Attention: The Managing Director,
Compliments and Greetings !
Before I proceed, may I humbly introduce myself to you as Mr. Salim Yahaya Bello, an iraqi refugee. I am the first Son of Dr. Engr Yahaya Bello of Basra Iraq who was a special adviser on special duties to the president of Iraq under saddam regime. He was shot to death in the current American led war on 12th of November 2004.
I am writing to express our interest in real estate or landed properties in your country. Please find below my business proposal to you for better explaination, you may find my mail big but please bear with me and take time to read it carefully. I shall be expecting your prompt response as soon as possible for immediate handling of the transaction.
Prior to the death my father following the growing internal crisis in Iraq, I and my mother were able to come over here in Thailand for investment with the sum of Sixteen Million US dollars. My father originally gotten this fund through Crude Oil transactions with some foriegn petroleum companies in Iraq without the fore knowledge of the president.
I will now give you a general overview of the situation. Before the iraqi war , my father was able to confirm personally to us about the said fund and his plans to invest the fund in Asia. He was able to safe gaurd the fund through very good diplomatic contact from my country to Thailand which make us to here to plan our life with the fund.
I have decided to seek for assistance and help from you as a foreign partner to enable us reach a contract joint venture partnership agreement to transfer this money into your private or institutional account for a profitable business orientation in your country under long term joint venture partnership of which you will be part of this investment as an active partner following your professional advise toward the pursuit this is precisely why I am contacting you.
The fund is currently kept with a financial firm here in Thailand, in disguise as family precious materials. No one else is aware of my proposal to you except my mother who is critically ill due to the shock of death of my father caused her
In view of your participation,we are ready to give you a good negotiable percentage for your assistance,or better still commit it into viable Joint venture projects, be assured that you stand no risk of any kind as the funds belong to me and my only survived mother. As soon as I get your consent, we will quickly move this fund to your country for investment .
However, upon your acceptance to work as my partner, you can contact me with my private telephone number or e-mail for more details. I strongly believe that associating with you to embark on this and other business ventures will derive a huge success here after, please include you private contact telephone number and private e-mail when replying.
Finally, modalities on how the money will be transfer will be conveyed to you once we have established trust and confidence in each other.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Salim Yahaya Bello
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