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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: nkosifamily@telstra.com
Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 05:05:18 +0100
Subject: LEGITIMATE BUSINESS PROPOSAL


Dear Friend,

I am TONY NKOSI, the first son of late chief
JOSEPH NKOSI, from mende district in Sierra Leone.
I got your Contact through the world online\internet
network.My source of your contact gave me the courage
and Confidence to contact you about this very delicate
matter.

I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to
Seek your assistance to transfer our cash of twenty
One million eight hundred thousand dollars
($21,800,000) now in The custody of a security and
trust company to your private account pending our
arrival to Your country.

SOURCE OF THE MONEY:

My late father, Chief JOSEPH NKOSI, a native
of mende district in the Northern province of Sierra
Leone, was the general Manager of The National Mining
Co-operation (N.M.C.) Freetown. According to my
father.

This money was the income accrued from mining
Co-operations over draft and minor sales. Before the
peak of the civil war between the rebels forces of
major Paul Koroma and the combined forces of ECOMOG
peace keeping operation that almost destroyed my
country, following the forceful removal from power of
the Civilian Elected President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah by
the rebels.

My father had already made arrangement for his family
(my mother, my younger sister and myself)
to be evacuated to a neighboring West African country,
with our personal effects and the box containing the
money. My father deposited the box in a private
Security Company for the safe custody until after the
war when he will join us.

During the war in my country, and following the
indiscriminate looting of public and Government
properties by the rebel forces, the mining coop. Was
one of the targets looted and destroyed.

My father including other top Government functionaries
Were attacked and killed by the rebels because of his
relationship with the civilian Government of Ahmed
Tejan Kabbah.As a result of my father death, and with
the news of my uncles involvement in an air crash in
January our hope of survival was completely dashed.

The untimely deaths caused my mother heart failure
and other related complications of which she has been
suffering from all these years. She died in the
hospital
just last month after we have spent a lot of money on
her.
Now my younger sister and myself (I am 26 and she is
18) are alone in this strange country suffering
without any care or help without any relatives, we are
now like refugees and orphans. Our only hope now is in
you and the box deposited in the security company. We
can't go back to Sierra Leone even after peace have
been restored because We don't know what will happen
to us as its the murderers that are now in power.

To this effect, I humbly solicit your assistance in
the following ways.
To assist me claim this box from the
security company as a foreign partner/beneficiary.
To transfer this money in your name to your country.
To make a good arrangement for a joint business
Investment on our behalf in your country and
you, the caretaker.

To secure a college for my younger sister and myself
in your country to further our education.
And to make arrangement for our travel with you to
Your country after you have transferred this fund.
Most importantly, the security company officials do
not know the exact content of the box because it was
declared Documents, photographic papers and valuables
belonging to a foreign partner. The whole documents
issued to my late father after deposit are all in my
custody.

Please I am waiting for your urgent response on this
matter as its then I'll let you know me and my
sister's location and the contact details of the
security company here.

Thanks and God bless you

Best regards
TONY NKOSI (for the family).


Please reply me with these secured email address:tony_nkosi60@katamail.com











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