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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: "Billy & Maria Biros" <billlybiros_1@lycos.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: billybiros_1@lycos.com
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:28:42 +0000
Subject: CONFIDANT.
Billy & Maria Biros
Avenue 12 Rue 47 Abidjan
Danani Refugee Camp, Abidjan
Republic Of Cote-d'Ivoire
Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is Billy Biros and my younger sister's name is Maria Biros, we are the children of
Late General Alexandra Biros, the former Director of military intelligence and special acting
General Manager of the Sierra Leone Diamond Mining Corporation (SLDMC). I am contacting
you to seek your good assistance to transfer and invest US$16.5 million belonging to my late
father, which is deposited in a bank in Europe. This money is revenue from solid minerals and
diamonds sale, which were under my fathers possession before the civil war broke out.
Following the break out of the war, almost all government offices, corporations and parastatals
were attacked and vandalized. The SLDMC was looted and burnt down to ashes, and
diamonds worth millions of dollars was stolen by the rebel military forces that attacked my
father's office.
Many top government officials and senior army officers were assassinated and my father was a
key target because of his very sensitive military position and appointment in the SLDMC.
Regrettably, my father was captured and murdered along with his half brother in cool blood
during a mid-night rebel shoot-out, when our official residence in Freetown was ambushed by
Fordey Sanko the notorious rebel leader.
My mother sustained very severe bullet injuries that resulted to her untimely and painful death in
a private hospital here in Ivory Coast.
Now we are alone in a totally strange Country without parents, relatives or any body to care for
us at our tender ages. Before our mother died, she told us that our father deposited some money
which he made from diamond sales and contracts at a bank in Europe and that we should pray
and find a trustworthy foreign business partner who would help us to transfer and invest this
money in profitable business venture overseas. She told us to do this quickly so that we
can leave Ivory Coast with our cousin brother- Arthur who is here in the camp with us and, then
settle down abroad. She gave us the bank document to prove the deposit and then told us that
my father used my name as the only son to deposit the money in the bank.
I have contacted to the bank to make inquiries about this money and I spoke with the Accounts
Manager who assured me that everything is intact and promised to help me transfer this money
to my foreign partners bank account as soon as I provide my partners foreign bank account for
them. However, the manager is very concerned because of my age. I am 20 years and as such
advised that I should look for a matured person that will represent me at the bank.
If you are willing to assist us, please let us know immediately so that you will arrange the transfer
of the money to your account with the bank.
Please note that I can only offer you 20% of the total money as compensation for your noble
assistance in accordance with my mothers advice. I am interested in any profitable commercial
venture which you consider very good in your country and you would also get a school for me,
my little sister and cousin so that we can finish our college education.
Please there is urgent need for the money to be transferred to your account because of the
political crises they are having in Cote d'Ivoire now. I am hoping to hear your urgent response
so that I cannot look for another foreign partner.
Thank you and May God bless you and your dear family.
Yours sincerely
Billy & Maria Biros
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