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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: "Moses Gallas" <mosesgallas@msn.com>
Reply-To: mosesgalls03@mixmail.com
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 09:57:24 +0000
Subject: FROM MOSES GALLAS
FROM:MOSES GALLAS
COTE D'IVOIRE ABIDJAN
WEST AFRICA.
PLEASE REPLY HERE / moses_gallas002@yahoo.fr
DEAR RESPECTFUL,
I KNOW THAT MY MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SUPRISE SINCE I DON'T KNOW YOU
IN PERSON OR MET WITH YOU BEFORE,BUT I AM OF THE BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD BE
OBLIGED TO COME TO MY ASSISTANCE AFTER HEARING ABOUT MY SITUATION.
I AM MOSES THE ONLY CHILD OF LATE MR AND MRS.EDWARD GALLAS . MY FATHER WAS A
VERY WEALTHY COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN ABIDJAN, THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF IVORY
COAST BEFORE HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES ON ONE OF
THEIR OUTING TO DISCUSS ON A BUSINESS.MY MOTHER ALSO DIED ON THE 21ST
OCTOBER 1999 BEFORE MY DAD, MY FATHER TOOK ME SO SPECIAL BECAUSE I AM
MOTHERLESS.
BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 9TH JUNE 2003 IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL HERE IN
ABIDJAN.HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS BEDSIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS A SUM
OF US$ 6.5 (SIX MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND, UNITED STATES DOLLARS) LEFT
IN A SUSPENCE ACCOUNT IN A BANK HERE IN ABIDJAN,
AND MY FATHER USED HIS FORIEGN PATINER TO MAKE THE DEPOSIT AS HIS NEXT OF
KIN TO THE SAID FUND,DUE TO MY AGE.
HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS
POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES HERE IN THIS COUNTRY. THAT I SHOULD SEEK
FOR HIS FOREIGN PARTNER TO HELP TO CLAIM THIS FUND, AND TO TRANSFER IT TO
ANY COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE .WHERE WE WILL USE IT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES,(SUCH
AS REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT) NOW HIS FORIEGN PATINER IS NO WERE TO FOUND.THIS
IS MY REASON OF CONTACTING YOU.
I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.
1)TO PRESENT AS MYLATE FATHER FORIEGN PATINER WHO IS IN POSSITION TO CLAIM
THIS MONEY AFTER HIS DEATH.
2)TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND SINCE AM THE ONLY SON OF MY LATE
FATHER IN HIS FAMILY.
3)TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY AFTER THE MONEY
HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED.
MOREOVER, I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 25% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS COMPENSATION FOR
YOUR EFFORT/INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR
NOMINATED ACCOUNT OVERSEAS.FURTHER MORE, YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR OPTION
TOWARDS ASSISTING ME AS I BELIEVE THAT THIS TRANSACTION WOULD BE CONCLUDED
WITHIN SEVEN (7) DAYS YOU SIGNIFY INTEREST TO ASSIST ME.
ANTICAIPTING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON,
You can contact me through my private Email,( moses_gallas002@yahoo.fr )
THANKS AND GOD BLESS AND YOUR FAMILY
SINCERELY
MR MOSES GALLAS.
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