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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: "Miss Amaria Fatima Musa" <missmusa@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: amariafm@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:54:34 -0800
Subject: Assalamu Alaikum (May peace be upon you)
From: Miss Amaria Fatima Musa
E-mail: amariafm@yahoo.co.uk
Abidjan, Cote d'ivoire.
Assalamu Alaikum (May peace be upon you)
I am Miss Amaria Fatima Musa the only daughter of late Alhaji
Mohd Musa . My father and mother were very wealthy
farmers and cocoa merchant when they were both alive.
After the death of my father,long ago, my mother was
controling his business untill she was poisoned by her
business associates which she surffered and died .
Before the death of my mother on October 2004 in a
private hospital here in Abidjan where she was
admitted, she secretly called me on her bed side and
disclosed to me about the sum of four million five
hundred thousand US dollars(USD$4.5million ) she
left in suspense account in one of the bank here in
Abidjan , it was the money she intended to transfer
oversea for investment before she was strucked down by
the cancer.She also instructed me that I should seek
for a foreign partner in any country of my choice who
will assist me transfer this money in oversea account
where the money will be save and invested wisely.I am
yet to transfer the funds.
Because of the current political problem here in Ivory
Coast I decided to transfer the money to abroad where
it will be save and invested.therefore, I am crying
and seeking for your kind assistance in the following
ways:
(1) To provide a safe bank account into where the
money will be transferred for investment .
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am a
girl of 19 years old .
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your
country to further my education and to secure a
resident permit for me in your country.
As soon as I receive your urgent reply indicating your
interest to assist me to successfuly transfer the
money into your nominated account. You can reach me on
email address: amariafm@yahoo.co.uk
Yours lovely,
Miss Amaria Musa
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