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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: "konteh sankoh" <konteh_sankoh3st@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 01:19:21 +0000
Subject: PLESAE HELP ME

DEAR ,

MY NAME IS KONTEH SANKOH .I AM 25 YEARS OLD .I AM THE ELDERST SON OF
LATE CHIEF FODAY SANKOH OF TUNGO DISTRICT,SIERRA LEONE.I GOT YOUR CONTACT
FROM A REPORTER THAT WORKS WITH THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY WHO
RECOMMENDED YOU AS A MAN OF GOOD INTEGRITY AND REPUTATION AND A MAN WHO
CAN BE TRUSTED. IT IS LEFT FOR YOU TO BE ORIGINAL AND
TRUSTWORTHY SOMEONE.

I WANT YOU TO TREAT THIS ISSUE AS SERIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE.THIS IS MY LIFE AND
MY BRIGHTER FUTURE,WITHOUT THIS I AM NOBODY,I HAVE BEEN KEEPING THIS ISSUE
FOR THE PAST 4YEARS,BECAUSE I DO NOT TRUST BLACK FRICANS.YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN?BESIDES,I WANT TO FINALLY MOVE AWAY FROM AFRICA[ME AND MY MOTHER]TO
START A NEW LIFE OVERTHERE.BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE FAMILY NO MORE AND NO
RELATIVES.

THE WAR SPLIT EVERYBODY.MAYBE SOME OF THEM ARE STILL ALIVE BUT I DON'T
KNOW.OUR MIGTHY HOUSE AND THE PROPERTIES ARE NO MORE. MY YOUNGER BROTHER
AND MY LITTLE SISTER DIED DURING THE WAR .PLEASE,I WANT TO TREAT THIS ISSUE
WHICH I AM ABOUT TO DISCLOSE TO YOU AS A CONFIDENTIAL AND SECRET ONCE
AGAIN.MY FATHER,LATE CHIEF FODAY SANKOH,POPULARLY KNOWN AS IN OUR COUNTRY
AS GIPU,HE WAS THE INDEPENDENT DIAMOND MARKETER IN KONO DISTRICT,SIERRA
LEONE.UNFORTUNATELY FOR US,HE WAS AMONG THE TWELVE PROMINENT CITIZENS
EXECUTED BY OUR PRESIDENT AHMED TEJAN KABBAH.

MY FATHER,ALONG SIDE THE ELEVEN PROMINENT CITIZENS[BOTH CIVILIAN AND
MILITARY]WHERE ACCUSED OF SUPPORTING AND SPONSORING THE FORMAL
DICTATOR,MAJOR.PAUL JOHNNY KOROMAH TO OVERTHROW THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT
IN 1991 BEFORE THE WAR FINALLY BROKED OUT.

THEY WHERE EXECUTEDIN 1999 BEFORE THERE ARREST,MY LATE FATHER HAS ALREADY
HANDED OVER SOME DOCUMENTS TO ME,WHICH REVEALS THAT,HE HAS DEPOSITED TWO
SEALED BOXES,ONE CONTAINING (652CARAT OF BLUE ROUGH CUT DIAMOND GEM) AND
ANOTHER ONE CONTAINING A CASH WAS DEPOSITED IN THE SECURITY COMPANY HERE
IN ACCRA THE CAPITAL STATE OF GHANA WHICH CONTAINED ABOUT ($5.5MILLION US
DOLLARS) OF WHICH MY NAME IS THE NEXT OF KIN.

MY LATE FATHER STATED THAT,HE REGISTERED THE BOTH BOXES AS CONTAINING
PRECIOUS ITEMS AS AT THE TIME OF DEPOSIT IN ORDER NOT TO RAISE QUESTIONS.THE
OFFICERS OF THE LOCAL SECURITY COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW THAT ONE OF THE BOXES
ACTUALLY CONTAINS CASH.RIGHT NOW,MYSELF AND MY MOTHER ARE IN BUDUBURAM
REFUGEES CAMP, IN ACCRA-GHANA WHERE WE FLEE TO BECAUSE OF THE WAR IN OUR
COUNTRY.

I WANT YOU TO COME DOWN TO GHANA TO ASSIST US FACILITATES THE REMOVAL OF THE
DEPOSITED BOXES FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY AND DEPOSIT HOUSE,AND LATER ASSIST
US TO BUY HOUSE IN YOUR COUNTRY,AND INVEST THE REST FOR US IN ANY BUSINESS
SINCE WE DO NOT WANT TO RE-SETTLE IN AFRICA DUE TO THE INSTRUCTIONS MY LATE
FATHER GAVE TO ME AND FOR PEOPLE NOT TO SET THEIR EYES ON OUR FAMILY.IF I
HAVE YOUR CO-OPERATION,I WILL SEE THAT YOU ARE GENEROUSLY COMPENSATED.PLEASE
INDICATE YOUR INTEREST BY REPLYING TO ME ON THIS MAIL.SO THAT I CAN PREPARE
THE NECCESSARY AGREEMENT.

I do not know to what extent you are current with events and
disturbances in Sierra Leone.But you can copy and view these sites
below to know.
http://www.sc-sl.org/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3112659.stm

YOUR'S FAITHFULLY

KONTEH SANKOH

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