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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: evixjohn@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 13:22:37 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM=20JOHN=20AND=20PEACE=20EVIX?=
FROM JOHN AND PEACE EVIX
ABIJDAN COTE D'IVORIE.
WEST AFRICA
DEAR,
PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE OF GOING INTO
BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. I GOT YOUR NAME AND
CONTACT FROM THE IVOIRIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND
INDUSTRY. I PRAYED OVER IT AND SELECTED YOUR NAME
AMONG OTHER NAMES DUE TO IT'S ESTEEMING NATURE AND
THE RECOMMENDATIONS GIVEN TO ME AS A REPUTABLE AND
TRUSWORTHY PERSON I CAN DO BUSINESS WITH AND BY THEIR
RECOMMENDATIONS I MUST NOT HESISTATE TO CONFIDE IN YOU
FOR THIS SIMPLE AND SINCERE BUSINESS.
I AM MR EVIX JOHN, THE FIRST CHILD OF LATE MR
AND MRS. EVIX, MY FATHER WAS A VERY WEALTHY 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 OUTING TO DISCUSS
ON A BUSINESS.
WHEN MY MOTHER DIED ON THE 21ST OCTOBER 200, MY
FATHER TOOK ME AND MY LITTLE SISTER SO SPECIAL BECAUSE WE ARE MOTHERLESS.
BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 29TH NOV 2003 IN
A PRIVATE HOSPITAL HERE IN ABIDJAN. HE SECRETLY CALLED
ME ON HIS BEDSIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS A SUM OF
US$16,500,000 (SIXTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND,
UNITED STATES DOLLARS) LEFT IN A BANK HERE IN ABIDJAN.
THAT HE USED MY NAME AS HIS FIRST SON FOR THE NEXT OF KIN IN DEPOSIT OF
THE MONEY. HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF
THIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS
ASSOCIATES. THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER
IN A COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHO WILL TRANSFER THIS
MONEY AND USE IT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE.
SIR, WE ARE HONOURABLY SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE
FOLLOWING WAYS.
1)TO STAND AS OUR LATE FATHERS FOREIGN PARTNER TO TRANSFER
THIS MONEY FROM THE BANK.
2)TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS MONEY SINCE I AM A
BOY OF 19 YEARS OLD WHILE LITTLE SISTER IS 15.
3)TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME TO COME OVER TO YOUR
COUNTRY AFTER THE MONEY HAS GOT TO YOUR CUNTRY.
MOREOVER,SIR, I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 15% OF THE
TOTAL SUM AS COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EFFORT/INPUT AFTER
THE SUCCESSFUL CLAIM OF THIS MONEY TO YOUR
ACCOUNT .
FURTHERMORE, YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR OPTION TOWARDS
ASSISTING ME AS I BELIEVE THAT THIS TRANSACTION WOULD
BE CONCLUDED WITHIN SEVEN (7) DAYS YOU SIGNIFY INTEREST
TO ASSIST ME.
AWAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.
THANKS AND GOD BLESS
EVIX JOHN AND PEACE
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