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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: "semie kow" <semie_kow101@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 11:04:42 +0000
Subject: TRUST
Dear sir,
It is my pleasure to write you, pending on this business proposal. It may be
strange to you of whom
I am and how I got your contact. However, I am Mr Semie Kow a citizen of
republic of Sierra- Leone. Also I was the accountant general / treasurer of
the then republic of Sierra- Leone I am 39 years old of age and happily
married. I got your contact through a reliable and a confident source with
pleasant motives which I shall reveal to you as soon as you are interested
to know.As you must have heard about my country (Sierra-Leone) and the
serious suffering for humanity and the national unrest killing and hostility
in the hands of the rebels this event have caused much more death
and destruction of properties in the country. As a matter of fact my people
have become
emergency refugees in other Africa countries. Consequently I am badly
affected because the rebels needed my assistance and co-operation by
releasing the national treasury department to them which I Strictly refused
their entry. Therefore out of my four children two was kidnapped including
my father and they were eventually killed by the rebels. Further more, all
my investments and other asserts were burst to pieces. Even my life and my
wife and rest of my family are in danger. But it was not only me in the
government facing this hard time, all the top government officials were also
maltreated. After all these, I patiently continued but I now see it
necessary to quit Africa with my family since the trouble never make any
step of reconciliation and Africa continent is very unreliable now as
there’s political and ethnic war in every part. Presently, I am taking
refugee with my family in Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire under the United Nations
refugee umbrella. Unfortunately Côte d’Ivoire is Having political unrest and
many equally burst to pieces soonest, so I am tired and sincerely need your
support and assurance to invest wisely and relocate to your country through
your productive ideas and qualities. I have $18.5 million US dollar to be
invested in your country through your support and this existing amount is
right safe and presently not in SIERRA LEONE but lodge in the custody of a
security and finance company some where around west Africa region which I
may disclosed to you as soon as I receive your urgent response.
I would be contented to have your private contact for security reasons and I
am very optimistic to release a reasonable percentage of this amount to you
for your assistance.I anticipate your speedy response remain. Please kindly
contact me immediately you receive
this message through my telephone number or my electronic box .
Yours sincerely.
SEMIE KOW.
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