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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: "Mahmood & Aisha" <mahmoodwilliams@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 13:10:37 +0000
Subject: Urgent Reply Needed
Dear ,
Dont feel offended for contacting you in such an informal manner.This is necessitated by our need to solicit your assistance towards the safeguarding of our life future.We are Mahmood and Aisha Mustafa Williams.The only surviving children of late Dr Mustafa Williams & Mrs Amina Mustafa Williams,
The late Erstwhile Director General in the Sierraleonian Ministry of Mines and Natural Resources. He was Directly in charge of the Sales of my country's Natural resource which includes Diamond,Gold and other natural Deposits.
He was killed together with our Mother on the 12th of July 2004 By people presumed to be Hired Agents on their way back from Makeni to the Capital City of Freetown.We stumbled on a file that contains a deposit He has in Dakar Senegal with one of the Fiduciary Firms Totalling the Sum of Six Million, Five Hundred Thousand united states Dollars Only (us$6.500.000.00)
After their Burial we had to immediately leave our Country when it dawned on us that his family members are after our lives having confiscated all that our father had in line with our Tradition.We have contacted the Fiduciary Firm and introduced ourselves,
Informed them officially of the death of our father and our immediate intentions to have the funds released and subsequently transfer to where we shall inform them later.They confirmed the Deposit and also informed us that they shall carry out our instructions upon the fulfilment of some legal issues involved with such orders.
We are contacting you so that you assist us in a direct Negotiation with the Fiduciary firm regarding the funds release and Transfers to your position and also to assist us to join you after During or after the Funds release and transfer process.For your assistance we are proposing a 20% net reward or you while you shall part manage our percentage in your country as our managing partner.
We Shall give you all the details upon the receipt of your mail signifying
your interest and Genuine willingness to assist us.
Best regards
Mahmood & Aisha
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