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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?kamate=20hamed?= <kamate012002@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 04:50:16 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: URGENT REPLY
FORM MR KAMATE HAMED
TEL 00225 05 608768
COTE D' IVOIRE ABIDJAN.
WEST AFRICA
DEAR SIR
Permit me to inform you about my desire to go into business
relationship with you. After my prayer, I had the evelation
that you will successfully assist me.
I am KAMATE HAMED the only son of MR AND MRS HAMED my father was a very rich farmer and cocoa merchant, based in Abidjan, the economic capital of ivory coast before he
was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of
their outings to discuss on a business issue.
My father was married with two wives, my mother was his
first wife, while I am the only issue of my late mother
being a son. After my mother died on the October 13th 2002,
my father took me so special since I am motherless. Before
the death of my father on march 9th, 2003 in a private
hospital where he was admitted, he called me secretly to
his bed side and told me about this money, the sum of US $9
million (NINE Million USD) he lodged in the suspense
here in cote d'ivoire. He told me that
he used my name as the next beneficiary in deposit of this
money in the bank.
Also he explained to me that it was because of this money
he was poisoned by his business partner, that I should seek
for a reliable foreign partner in a country of my choice to
assist me transfer this money to his/her bank account where
it will be used for a proper future investment purpose in
any profitable business.
I am honourable soliciting for your kind assistance as
follows:-
(1) to help/assist me stand as my foreign partner to
transfer this money to your country for joint business
investment.
(2) to help me find a profitable business in your country
that we can invest this money.
(3) to serve as the guardian of this money since I am a boy
of 23 years old.
(4) to make arrangement for me in your country to continue
my education career.
I am promissing to offer you 15% of the total sum of the
money for effort /input you made after the transfer of the
fund have transfered into your norminated account and also
a nice benefit upon your position in handling the nvestment
of this my last hope.
I am expecting to hear from you as soon as possible
and I will like you to give me your private telephone/fax
numbers in replying of this proposal for our easier
communication and please contact me directly through
email stated giving above. I will forward you the documents
covering this money in the bank upon request for your
confirmation.
Thanks and God bless you and your family for helping an Orphan
like me.
Best regards.
MR KAMATE HAMED
Note: to move this funds out of this country, this is
Necessary thing I need.
1) Your bank account informations.
2) As soon as I receive this banking information the
will contact you immediately for
onwards transfer and the notification, because right now
everything is in my position.
Please try to respond immediately you receive this mail, so
that we will be able to conclude this transaction in time
because I'm tired of staying here and not only that my late
father's second wife and children are after my life and
also bear in mind that is only you that knows about this
money, please try to keep everything concerning this
transaction confidential
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