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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: "Evans Ali" <evans_ali@zipmail.com.br> (may be fake)
Reply-To: evans_ali21@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:16:07 +0100
Subject: I NEEDE YOUR ASSISTANCE
Dear,
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 wellcome 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 EVANS ALI, l was born on oct 26-1979 25 year old, third year law students, State University Of Science & Technology, Son of late His Royal Highness Wuruola Ali 11, My father retired as Former minister before he died on 29 December 2003.
Prior the probate of my late father's WILL and last Testament, it was discovered that my father lodged the Sum of $65,000 000.00 (Sixty Five million US Dollars) from a secret sale of Diamond by my late father before he died. At present the money is deposited and is secured with a holding company .If you can agree to assist me, by sending to me via email or direct me to a more capable hand the will invest the funds with little information of a viable where the money will be invested, i will send you necessary Document 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 from here to any country of your choice
Abroad for the investiments only.
I am waiting for your swift and favorable response, and in case you have any question(s),do not hesitate to contact me., together with specific instruction to me on how to transfer this money Abroad. This is a special arrangement with My mother since My father's 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.
My father also indicated that such an Executor who helps me to transfer this money abroad for safety, will be entitled to 30% of the $65 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 en able me contact you.
Thanks and God be with you
Regard
Evans Ali
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