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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: "Gilbert Coleb" <gilbertcoleb@z6.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:59:15 +0300
Subject: A PROPOSAL FOR AN URGENT ATTENTION.
Dear Sir,
I feel obliged writing this mail to you. I am not quite exposed to
foreign business and friends, hence I write to you with hope and trust that you will welcome my mail without being bias and that you will be trustworthy to me.
I write this mail to you with the hope that we shall later discuss person-to- person.
My writing this mail to you therefore should not be seen as a mistake or
with any other intension rather than for what I am proposing to you.
l am Gilbert Coleb, l was born on 08- 06-1978 25 year old,
2nd year law student, State University Of Science & Technology Ivory Coast,Africa.Son of late His Royal Highness Merengi Dan Coleb, My father retired as Former minister before he died on 29 December 2003.
Prior to the probate of my late father's WILL and last Testament, it was
discovered that my father deposited the Sum of $35,000 000.00 (Thirty-Five
Million US Dollars) in one the banks Vault,together with specific
instruction to me on how to transfer this money Abroad. This is a special arrangement with the bank since his intension was to invest the money himself.
Among other reasons, my father did not wish this money to fall into the
hands of political enemies, who might conspire to share my inheritance
among themselves.
He therefore had his Attorney draw up a document empowering a foreigner that will help me invest the funds into any viable business abroad.
If you can agree to assist me, by sending to me via email attachment or
direct me to a more capable hand that will invest the funds with little
information of a viable where the money will be invested, I will send you necessary documents from my father's Attorney in order for
you to afix your name etc, in the space provided.Thereafter,you should
send it back to me in order to effect the transfer of this money for the investiment purpose.
My father also indicated that such an Executor who helps me to transfer this money abroad for safety, will be entitled to 15% of the $35 million .
I appeal to you for urgent assistance to enable me
effect the terms of my late father's WILL, in transfering this money
abroad, for any good investment of your liken, you will also take
care of me and my school fees and little expenses for the family until our agreed years of investiments elapse.Please sir, regard this matter as a help to safe guide my life and inheritance from the hands of my father's enemy and some greedy family members.
I wait for your positive response towards my proposal, also include
your phone/ fax numbers to enable me contact you.
Thanks and God be with you
Regards.
Gilbert Coleb.
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