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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: alexsmith375@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:59:11 -400
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP
Dear Dad/Mum,
I hope this message reaches you in good health (Amen). Truthfully, I amvery
sorry to have browsed your email address from the internet to send youthis mail
without your consent or approval. Please do understand. To startwith, permit me
to introduce myself to you. I am Alex Smith I am 18yrs ofage, from the Mecca
District of Bomi Country in the Republic of Liberia. Myfather Hon. Williams
Smith, the director of Smith Timber Company and the onetime special adviser to
the Minister of Natural Resources was murdered by anopposition Leader during the
previous Crisis in my country (Republic ofLiberia). Before the death of my
father (Hon. Williams Smith) during theearly stage of the war of my country, he
revealed a secret to my mother thathe deposited $7.Million USD as a family
treasure box in a SecurityCompany in the Republic of Ghana. He ask my mother and
I to leave Liberiaand come to the near by Country Ghana, where we can find
refugee and havepeace for our dear lives. Having a meeting with my late
father's Ghanaianlawyer (Barrister Mark Okolo), he told my mother and I that
all vitaldocuments as regards to the deposit and claim of this consignment in
theSecurity Company was handed over to him by my late father. We went tothe
Security Company for the claim of this consignment but we could not
makethe claim due to my father's laid down will for me to consult his
foreignbusiness partner before the release of the consignment which my father
didnot disclose to me before his untimely death. Now as the next of kin and
theonly Surviving child who is presently with my mother(Mrs. Mary Smith) in
theUnited Nations refugee camp(Bujumbura) Ghana, I seek for your
humanitarianassistance to enable us claim this consignment in your name as the
foreignbeneficiary and help us receive this family treasure box(consignment)
inyour country while you invite me over to you for the sharing and investmentin
a lucrative production or business in your country as it is the laid
downinstruction by my late father for me to consult his foreign partner who
willguide me in the investment in his country due to Africa political crisis
andinstability in the African economy. Mistrust is like an axe on the tree
ofpartnership but
since only God could ordain trust, I will be very gratefulto Him to build up
such a relationship with you in accordance to his will. Ipromise you with all
sincerity and a heart full of thankfulness to God thatI shall give you all true
love and respect and I would be grateful to Godthe almighty if you will be kind,
understanding and trustworthy enough tohelp get a better life. I promise to give
you 20% of the total fund and 15%per-annual in the investment as your benefit of
assisting me a young refugeeand a fatherless child attains a better life. God
bless as I expect yourreply and thanks in advance.
Sincerely,
Alex Smith.
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