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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: kamah horton <kamah_300@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:50:44 -0500
Subject:
Hello Dear,
Thanks for honoring my invitation from the site,How are you today ?,I
know this mail will not come to you as a surprise since we have not had
a previous correspondence, please bear with me.i will really like to
have a good relationship with you, and i have a special reason why i
decided to contact you, I decided to contact you because of the urgency
of my situation here in the Refugee camp. and after reading your mail
to me i decided to let you no who I'm,I am Miss Kamah R. Horton 25
years old girl from Liberia, the daughter of Late Hon. Romeo Horton who
was the founder and former president of Liberia's first indigenous
bank, the Bank of Liberia (BOL). He was a dedicated public servant,
rising from Assistant Economic Adviser to President W.V.S. Tubman to
become the first Secretary of Commerce, Industry and Labor. ,
My father was died on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2005, in his 83rd year, at the
Abington Hospital in Abington, Pennsylvania. I am constrained to
contact you because of the maltreatment that I'm 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 and
she have being seceding in taking some.Mean while I wanted to escape to
the Europe but she hide away my international passport and other
valuable traveling documents.
Luckily she did not discover where I kept my fathers File which
contains important documents that notified of my father Deposition in
my name . So I decided to run to the refugee camp where I am presently
seeking asylum under the United Nations High Commission for the Refugee
herein Dakar, Republic of Senegal. I wish to contact you personally for
a long term business relationship and investment assistance in your
Country,My father of blessed memory deposited the sum of US $6, 700,
000.00 (Six million Seven Hundred USD), with security vault company
with my name as the next of kin. But meanwhile you should not allow any
other person to know about the contents of the deposition as cash since
my late father did not disclose the contents of the deposit to anybody,
however, I shall forward you with all the necessary documents on
confirmation of your acceptance to assist me for the clearing of the
fund and transfer it to your position for investment .As you will help
me in an investment, and i will like to complete my studies, as i was
in my 1st year in the university,when the crisis started. It is my
intention to compensate you with 10% 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.
Please all communications should be through this email address only for
confidential purposes. As soon as I receive your positive response
showing your interest I will put things into action immediately. In the
light of the above, I shall 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 if you will
like to speak to me on phone i will arrange with some one who will give
me a phone number in the camp. it is the Reverend priest Number here in
the camp, call and tell him that you want to speak with me,he will sent
for me because i am staying at the female hostel. Awaiting your urgent
and positive response. Please do keep this only to your self please i
beg you not to disclose it till i come over once the fund has been
transferred. try to check attached massage is my picture
Yours Sincerely,
Ms kamah
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