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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: "Abubakar Kamara." <abubakar75@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: abubakar75@myway.com
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 19:39:59 +0200
Subject: Abubakar Kamara.
Dear Sir,
May the blessing of God be upon you and grant you the wisdom and
sympathy to
understand my situation and how much I need your help.
I am Abubakar Kamara the first son of Mr Kamara Ahmed, former national
security adviser to the ousted Sierria Leonean military head of state,
Paul
Koroma. I am writing to express my interest in real estate or landed
properties in your country. Though my father died in detention a couple
of
months ago while been detained by the new government. Before his
untimely
death, he instructed me to leave the
country for my safety and start up a business somewhere out side
Africa.
He reviewed to me of a deposit of one diplomatic box which he concealed
with
one of the private security company here in dakar containing US$5.5M
(Five
million, five hundred thousand united states dollars) declared as
family
valuables,
Actually, I have never met you before, it was a friend of my fathers
who
happened to be present at his burial that advised me to consider your
country for my investments. After due consideration, I started searching
the web side where I got your email address. No one else is
aware
of my proposal to you. Due to social, economic and political
instability in
west African region, I decided to seek your assistance in transfering
this
money to your position for investment purposes. I have all the vital
documents that covers the deposit which could be faxed to you upon
request.
Please note that Transaction of this nature demands the highest trust
and
confidence between both parties. This transaction is risk free . For
your assistance in this transfer, I have decided to give you 20% of
the
total sum involved and I will also compensate you with 5% for the
inconveniences and for expenses that we may incure during the process.
Your
acceptance of this proposal or otherwise should please be communicated
through my E-mail address. Your quick response will be appreciated.
However, if you are not disposed to assist, kindly distroy this letter
to
protect the identity
and confidentiality of the parties involved.
I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convinent time.you
can contact me with my private box (abubakar1@myway.com)
Yours Sincerely,
Abubakar Kamara.
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