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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: steven_kone@terra.com.mx
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 13:05:02 +0000
Subject: I Await For Your Reply.
STEVEN KONE.
LOT 0081 COCODY -ABIDJAN
ABIDJAN- COTE D'IVOIRE.
WEST AFRICA.
REQUEST FOR INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP.
Dear Respectful Person,
Compliments of the day,
Permit us to inform you of our desire of going into business relationship
with you. I know this mail may come to you as a surprise, since we have
not known or written before. Our Mother died many years ago hours after
the delivery my junior Sister (Maria) who is 19 years old as of today, based
that we lost our mother so early, our father took us so special. We are
only two from our mother's side,I and my sister (Maria).
Introducing myself, I am STEVEN KONE, 25 years of age and i am the only
son of the late MR.JOHN KONE. my father was a gold and cocoa merchant based
in Ghana and Abidjan (Ivory Coast) he was poisoned to death by his business
associates on one of their business trips. Before the death of my father
on 20th August 2002 in a private hospital here in Abidjan. He secretly called
me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of USD $8.5M (Eight Million,
five hundred thousand U.S Dollars Only) deposited in a Bank in (Abidjan
- Cote D'Ivoire) in a coded account for business investment, that he used
my name as his beloved son as the next of kin in depositing the money.
He also explained to me that it was because of this his wealth that he was
poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a foreign partner
in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for
investment purpose such as expansion of his existing cocoa business and
real estate management overseas.
Please I humbly seek for your assistance in the following ways.
1- To assist us in providing an account of yours where this fund can quietly
be transferred into.
2-To serve as the guardian of this fund since i am still in the school with
my junior Sister.
3)- To make arrangement for us to come over to your country to futher our
education and to help us secure a residential permit in your country.
Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation
for your effort/ Input after the successful transfer of this fund into your
nominated account overseas, while 5% will be set aside to offset any expenses
we may incure.
Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting us as I believe
that this transaction would be concluded within the shortest possible time
if you signify your interest to assist us.
God bless you.
Yours sincerely,
STEVEN KONE AND SISTER
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