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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: "Penda" <ppend10@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 15:16:12 +0000
Subject: Good morning
Good Morning ,I know this mail will come to you as surprise ,but kindly bear with me for i am honest and good girl known as miss Penda Oscar from Liberia and am 23 years old .
I am the only daughter of Late Engr Bangli Oscar , he was one of the prominent federal contractors ,He work Roads and federal houses in my country Liberia .
My father was shot to death secret by hired thugs send by government of Charles Taylor ,After he accuse my father of among coup attempt.
I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment,am receiving from my step mother. She planned to take away all my late father's treasury and properties from me since the unexpected death of my beloved Father.
Meanwhile I wanted to go back to school abroad ,but she hide away my international passport and other valuable travelling documents. Luckily she did not discover where i kept my father File which contains important documents. So,i decided to run to the Dakar ,where i am presently seeking asylum under the United Nations High Commission for the Refugee here in Dakar, Republic of Senegal.
I contact you personally for a long term relationship and investment assistance in your Country. My father of blessed memory deposited the sum of ( US$19.7 million )dollars with security vault company in two trunk boxes with my name as the next
of kin. But, meanwhile you should not allow any other person to know about the contents of the boxes as cash since my late father did not disclose the contents of the boxes to the company rather the boxes was deposited as family valuable .
However, I shall forward you with the necessary documents on conformation of your acceptance to assist me for the clearing of the boxes and transfer it to your account, and investment of the fund.Also you will help me in an investment, and i will like to complete my studies, as i was in my 2ND year in the university, It is my intention to compensate you with 15% of the total money for your services and the balance shall be my investment capital.
This is the reason why I decided to contact you.
I will appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction sincerely. you can not call me on phone because i have no phone here,but i can receive call through the office telephone line of the Rev-rend priest here in the camp ,he is the director in charge of the camp ,if you call then you tell him you want speak with Ms Penda Oscar From Liberian ,he will send for me, because i am staying at the female hostel. This is the Camp Phone : +221-6950334 Please always write me back with this my email address ( ppenda10@yahoo.fr )
Awaiting your urgent and positive response,
From Penda
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