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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: "FATOUBA MOHAMMAD" <fatoubamohammad21@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: fatomohammad@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:49:42 +0300
Subject: please reply me urgent
HELLO DEAR,
I AM WRITING THIS EMAIL TO YOU WITH DUE RESPECT AND EQUALLY WITH HEART FULL OF TEARS AND SORROWS SINCE WE HAVE NOT KNOWN OR MET OURSELVES BEFORE. PLEASE I MEAN NO HARM TO YOU ONLY THAT I AM IN A DESPERATE SITUATION AND NEED URGENT ASSISTANCE.
AFTER YOU MIGHT HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS MAIL, I WANT IT TO BE YOUR DECISION EITHER TO HELP ME OR TO LEAVE ME TO YOUR FAITH, BUT WHATEVER YOU DECIDE, BEAR IN MIND THAT I AM DEEPLY IN TROUBLE HERE AND NEED YOUR HELP. I AM ASKING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE BECAUSE I BELIEVE YOU ARE A HIGHLY RESPECTED PERSONALITY CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT I SOURCED OUT YOUR INFORMATION PROFILE FROM A HUMAN
RESOURCE PROFILE DATABASE ON YOUR COUNTRY IN THE INTERNET FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN INFORMATION NETWORK ONLINE(SAINO) WHICH SPEAKS GOOD OF YOU. THOUGH I DO NOT KNOW TO WHAT EXTENT YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH EVENTS AND FRAGILE POLITICAL SITUATION IN LIBERIA BUT IT HAS FORMED CONSISTENT HEADLINES IN THE CNN,BBC AND EURO-NEWS BILLETINS. I WILL BE SO GLAD IF YOU CAN ALLOW AND LEAD ME TO THE RIGHT CHANNEL TOWARDS YOUR ASSISTANCE TO MY SITUATION. I WILL MAKE MY PROPOSAL WELL KNOWN TO YOU IF I'M GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY SO TO DO SO, FOR THE SAKE OF INTRODUCTION, I WOULD LIKE TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU.
ANYWAY, I AM FATOUBA MOHAMMAD, 21 YEARS OF AGE AND THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF MY LATE FATHER DR.TANKO MOHAMMAD, MY FATHER IS LATE,MAY HIS GENTLE SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE, HE DIED DURING THE LAST POLITICAL CRISIS IN MY COUNTRY(LIBERIA) IN THE WESTERN PART OF AFRICA. MY LATE FATHER WAS DEPUTY MINISTER OF PUBLIC IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF OUR FORMER PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR WHO IS NOW IN EXILE AFTER KILLING MANY INNOCENT SOULS. MY FATHER WAS AN INFLUENTIAL CABINET IN THE CHARLES
TAYLOR REGIME AND MY FATHER WAS FALSELY ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TO REMOVE PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR OUT FROM OFFICE WHICH HE NEVER DID AND WITHOUT TRIAL CHARLES TAYLOR KILLED HIM WITH SOME OTHER TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OF HIS CABINET.BUT BEFORE HE WAS KILLED, HE MOVED AND TRANSFERED THE SUM OF (USD$9,500,000.00) NINE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS TO THE FINANCE SECURITY COMPANY IN JOHANESBOHRG SOUTH AFRICA,SO THE MAIN REASON WHY I AM CONTACTING YOU NOW IS TO SEEK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE AREA OF PROVIDING YOUR FOREIGN ACCOUNT AS MY PARTNER TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS AND ALSO ASSIST ME FOR MY FUTURE INVESTMENT PLAN, MY LATE FATHER MADE ME THE SOLE BENEFICIARY OF THE FUND SO AS YOU CAN SEE I AM STILL VERY YOUNG AND UNDER SIEGE TO HANDLE SUCH INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTION. PLEASE I AM ASKING YOU TO STAND ON MY BEHALF TO MAKE THE CLAIM, TO STAND AS MY PARTNER OVERSEA AND IN THE TIME OF INVESTMENT AS WELL,BECAUSE EVERY DOCUMENTS BACKING UP THE FUND ARE ALL IN SAFE CUSTODY AND WI
LL BE FORWARDED TO YOU UPON YOUR ACCEPTANCE TO ASSIST ME FULLY IN CLAIMING THE FUND AS PARTNERS. ALL THAT I NEEDED NOW IS TO GET A RELIABLE, GENUINE AND CAPABLE PERSON THAT WILL ASSIST ME GET THE MONEY TRANSFERED TO HIS OVERSEA ACCOUNT FOR INVESTMENT.
AS I MADE MENTION EARLIER, I WILL EXPLAIN MORE OF THE PROCEDURE TO THIS ISSUE AS REGARDS TO YOUR PERCENTAGE TO BE WELL KNOWN TO YOU IF ONLY YOU GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO BY REPLYING POSITIVELY TO THIS REQUEST, PLEASE ATTACH YOUR DIRECT CONTACT INFORMATIONS LIKE YOUR FULL NAME,PHONE,OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS AND PRIVATE EMAIL AS YOU REPLY THIS MAIL TO ENABLE ME SEND THE DOCUMENTS/PRIVATE INFORMATIONS THAT WILL ENABLE YOU RECEIVE THE FUNDS WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM EITHER NOW OR IN THE FUTURE AS EVERY ARRANGEMENTS ARE ALREADY PUT IN PLACE TO SEE THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF THE FUNDS TO YOUR NOMINATED OVERSEA ACCOUNT.
THANKS AND REMAIN BLESSED.
FATOUBA MOHAMMAD
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