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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: <kamara05@velocall.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 20:33:39 -0000
Subject: From Raphael
From Raphael Kamara
Abijan cote d'ivoire (West Africa)
TEL:+22507747657
Dear one,
It is my pleasure to write you after much consideration, since I cannot
be able to see you face to face at first. I am Raphael Kamara, the only
son of late Chief Vincent Kamara, from Sierra Leone. My sources of your
contact gave me the courage and confidence to rely on you.
I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to seek your
assistance to transfer our($13,500,000)U.S dollars deposited in the custody of
a bank here in Abidjan to your private account pending our arival to
your country.
Source of the money. My late father, chief Vincent Kamara, a native of
mende district in the Northern province of Sierra Leone, was the
general Manager of Sierra Leone mining co-operation (S.L.M.C.)
According to my father, This money was the income accrued from mining
co-operation over draft and minor sales Before the peak of the civil war
between the rebels forces of major Paul Koromah and the combined forces
of ecomog peace keeping operation that almost destroyed my country,
following the forceful removal from power of the Civilian Elected
President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah by the rebels.
My father had already made arrangement for his family, my mother my
little sister and myself to be evacuated to Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire with
our personal effects.
My father deposited the fund for the safe custody until after the war
when he will join us. During the war in my country, and following the
indiscriminate looting of public and Government properties by the rebel
forces, the sierra Leone mining coop. Was one of the targets looted and
killed My father including other top Government functionaries Were
attacked and killed by the rebels because of his relationship with the
civilian Government
of Ahmed Tejan Kabbah.
As a result of my father's death, and with the news of my uncles
involvement in air crash, dashed our hope of survival. The untimely deaths
caused my mothers heart failure and other related complications of which
she later died in the hospital After we must have spent a lot of money
on her.
Now my younger sister and myself are alone in this strange country
suffering without any careor help. Without any relation, we are now like
refugee sandorphans, Our only hope now is in this fund which our father
deposited in the BANK.
To this effect,I humbly solicit your assistance in the followings
ways.-To assist me transfer this money out of this country so i all what i
needed from you is to furnish me with your banking information and your
persoanl contact so that i will go and submit it to the bank in order
to effect the transfer on your destinated bank account and also make a
good arrangement for a joint business investment on our behalf in your
country,
secure a collage for my little sister and my self in your country to
further our education which we stoped during the war.
And to make arrangement for our travel with you to your country after
you have transferred this fund.Most importantly. The whole documents
issued to my late fatherduring the deposit is with me.
I beg to concede 15 % of this money to you for your efforts assistance.
Best regards.
Raphael Kamara.
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