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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: "Barry Zuma" <barry_zuma@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 23:28:57 +0400
Subject: Urgent and confidential assistance.
Dear Friend,
I had to contact you based on the information i gatherd about you and your orgarnisation from my friends business diary,I believe you will be able to execute this business,while hoping that you will notimpede the trust reposed in you.
Briefly,I am the son of michael zuma of blessed memory, former
asst.chief of millitary intelligence to major johnny p koroma, the former millitary head of state of sierra-leonne.
When the millitary regime of johnny paul koroma was over powered by the joint forces of the west african peace keeping force,my late father and 23 other officers who served in johnny paul koroma,s Government were arrested and detained by the alhaji kabbah led elected civilian Government of Sierra-Laonne.
As the news of the arrest hit the family,my mother and myself moved to Abidjan,the capital of Ivory Coast with surport of a family friend for safety as the families of the key players were hunted as will.
When the panel of military officers was set up to court martial the arrested johnny paul koroma,s officers, My late father smuggled out a letter to us and advised that we should make good use of the money ,which he lodged into the secret vault of a private security company in south africa(us$19.5m)He gave this directive so that the family will not suffer in future,we kept on praying
to god that the Government should change their mind,not untill on the 24th of october 1998 that our father and the other 23 officers where executed by firing squad(check the front page of Herald international tribune published with the New york times and for further post of tuesday october 25,1998 for further confimation)And then i was 19 years old and also in school.
Based on this explanation,your candid assistance is highly solicited for the movement of our family immidiately the fund leaves South Africa, Your compensation for this noble assistance is quite negotiable, for now 20% of the total money goes to you,70% for the family,while 10%will be used to offset the expenses incurred in the course of this transaction.
Be infromed that my father registered the boxes containing the money with a security company as FAMILY EFFECTS without disclosing the contents as money and gold for security reasons.
Your confidential reply confirming your interest is needed to conclude all arrangements immidiately,as we do not intend to stay more than already stayed cotonou,for security reasons now that our bread winner is dead and our future hanging in the balance.
On receipt of this massage contact me immidiately for more details and confirmations.
Yours Sincerely
Barry zuma.
(for the family)
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