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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: cecilia banabas <cecilia_banabas4@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:14:36 -0800 (PST)
Subject: waiting for your soonest respond
Dearest One,
I come by the present one to request your high benevolence, an assistance of great importance. I am Miss cecilia banabas, I am 22 years old and I am the daugther of Mr.John Banabas ex Director of the Mines of the republic of Sierra-Leone. My father was assassinated by rebels of Sam Bockary at the time of a visit on a site of diamond and gold exploitation located at 230 km of FREETOWN, the capital of our country.
After the death of my father, the life became very difficult for our as one constantly was threatened by the rebelles.Compte held of this difficult situation, my mother arranged oneself with one of the best friends of my late father to make us leave the country. My mother thus took on it all the goods of my father which were in its strong trunk which is two significant cases metal and all its documents that it took along with me in Côte.d'ivoire. We are at present in Côte.d'ivoire with goods including the sum of 12 million dollars
American .Though we do not know anybody in Côte.d'ivoire, my mother decided to deposit the two cases metal in a private Security company of safety of the place on my behalf in order to safe guard them and protect this significant amount of money which we cannot keep on us with the hotel. Unfortunately for me, 6 months after we arrived in ivory dimension my mother died and the life became more difficult for me.
Taking into account the unstable political climate in Ivory Dimension and that our family is very known in under area, my mother decided well before her death to seek a partner in order to invest this sum out of the continent in profitable fields, it is thus the reason for which we come towards you to request your assistance and to help us to invest in your country. The best method for concluded this transaction seen the political tention in Ivory dimension, will be to dispatch the funds in your country. As of the arrival of these funds in your country, you will recover them and safeguard them and engage the steps to help me to come to establish me in your country. I have deciceded to offer you 15 % of the total amount of my goods.
Thanks as I wait your urgent respond to this mail.
Miss Cecilia Banabas
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