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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: viv78@terra.com.mx
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 19:01:49 +0000
Subject: Mr. PASCAL DUMBUYA.VIVIAN

Dear

I am Mr. Pascal Dumbuya and my sister is Miss vivian Dumbuya, we are the
children of late Chief Ahmed Dumbuya from Sierra Leone. I am writing you
in
absolute confidence primarily to seek your assistance to transfer our cash

of
ten Million Dollars ($10,000.000.00) now in the custody of a private
Security trust firm in Europe the money is in trunk
box deposited and declared as family valuables by my late father as a
matter of fact the company does not know the content as money, although
my
father made
them to under stand that the box belongs to his foreign partner.

Source of the money:


My late father Chief Ahmed Dumbuya , a native of Mende District in the
Northerh province of Sierra Leone, was the General Manager of Sierra Leone

Mining
co-operation (S.L.M.C.) Freetown . According to my father, this money was

the
income accrued from Mining Co-operation's over draft and minor sales.

Before the peak of the civil war between the rebels forces of Major Paul

Koroma 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 thats talking about my mother, my

little sister and myself to be evacuated to abidjan with

the CERTIFICATE OFDEPOSIT he made with a security firm in Europe through
the aid of U.N
evacuation team.

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 target looted and it was destroyed. My father including


other top Government functionaries were attaked and killed by the rebels
in
November 2000 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 uncle's
involvement in the air crash in January it dashed our hope of survival.
The
untimely deaths caused my mother's 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 early this year . Now my 19 years old sister and myself are alone
in
this strange country suffering without any care or help. Without any
relation,
we are nowlike refugees and orphans.

Our only hope now is in you and the box deposited in the Security Firm To

this effect, I humbly solicit your assistance in the followings ways.


1. to assist me claim this box from the security
Firm as our beneficiary

2. to transfer this money (USD$10M) in your name to your country

3. to make a good arrangement for a joint business investment on our
behalf in your country and you, our Adviser/ Manager

For your assistance, I have agreed with my younger sister that 15% of the

total amount will be for your effort and another 5 % to cover all the
expenses that may incurre during the business transaction, Last, I urge
you to

keep this transaction strictly confidential as no one knows our where about.


Please as you show your willingness, Forward to us your full name, address

and Tel/ Fax numbers, to me.

earnestly awaiting your response.

Thanks.
May God bless you as you assist us.

Mr. PASCAL DUMBUYA.VIVIAN


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