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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: "JEWEL HOWARD TAYLOR" <jewel_01@tiscali.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 02:41:33 -0800
Subject: A call to help.
Dear friend,
With all sincerity and humility i am Jewel Taylor,the wife of the
deposed President of Liberia, Fomer African colony of the United
states Of America.
I write you this proposal based on the fact that i need your aid
to relocate to a safe haven my husbands personal funds and
effects namely 2kg weight of Diamond stones and 14 gold bars with
$2.4 Million USD,all deposited in a safety deposit box in a
financial institution which will be later disclosed to you upon
your offer of acceptance.
The lives of myself and my children are at risk ever since my
husband engaged himself in this rebel of a thing in my country
which later saw him as the president of my country.
We have currently been offered political assylum in the Federal
Republic Of Nigeria by its Presiden,Olusegun Obasanjo,which will
confine us to its shores for the rest of my lives.
I have been guranted safety by the United staes Government and
that of the Nigerian Government by a meeting held with both
Presidents,President George Bush Of the united States and that of
the Nigerian President on the 10th of July 2003 at the just
concluded Leon Sullivan Summit Held In Nigeria..
What you may hear of my husband should you decide to verify may
not be of a good report but he has learnt his lesson the hard way
and what i do now i do for the sake of my two daughters and son
whom i pray to God in order not for them to suffer for the sins
of their Father.
I am prepared and willing to consider your price for aiding me in
this matter and will welcome your conditions to the best of my
abilities.
Upon my arrival in Nigeria i will provide you with a phone line
in which i can be reached as it is not possible for me to make
long distance calls from my place of confinement except i do it a
few blocks away if the necessary need arises.
View this site to see a picture of me:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2963086.stm
I look forward to your prompt response.
Yours Sincerly,
Jewel Taylor.
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