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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: peter.ben@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 00:08:22 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM=20PETER=20BEN=2E?=
FROM PETER BEN.
ABIDJAN,COTE D'IVOIRE.
WEST AFRICA.
DEAR ONE,
MY NAME IS CONAKA PETER ,SON OF LATE MR BEN CONAKA OF
ZIMBABWE. IT MIGHT BE A SURPRISE TO YOU WHERE I GOT YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS,I
GOT IT FROM ABIDJAN INFORMATION BUREAU.
DURING THE CURRENT CRISES AGAINST THE FARMERS OF ZIMBABWE
BY THE SUPPORTERS OF OUR PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE TO CLAIM ALL THE WHITE
OWNER FARMS IN OUR
COUNTRY, HE ORDERED ALL THE WHITE FARMERS TO SURRENDER
THEIR FARMS TO HIS PARTY MEMBERS AND THEIR FOLLOWER.
MY FATHER WAS ONE OF THE BEST FARMERS IN THE COUNTRY AND
KNOWING THAT HE
DID NOT SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT'S POLITICAL IDEOLOGY,THE
PRSIDENT'S SUPPORTERS
INVADED OUR FATHER'S FARM BURNT DOWN EVERYTHING,SHOT HIM
AND AS A RESULT OF THE WOUNDS SUSTAINED,HE BECAME SICK AND DIED AFTER TWO
DAYS.AND AFTER HIS DEATH,ME AND MY SISTER DECIDED TO MOVE OUT OF ZIMBABWE
FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR LIVES TO ABIDJAN-COTE D'IVOIRE.
BUT BEFORE HE DIED HE WROTE HIS WILL, WHICH READS MY
BELOVED SON, I WISH TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SUM OF (5,500,000=)MILLION
US.DOLLARS WHICH I DEPOSITED IN A BOX WITH A SECURITY COMPANY IN (EUROPE)IN
CASE OF MY ABSENCE ON EARTH CAUSED BY DEATH ONLY YOU SHOULD SOLICIT FOR
A
RELIABLE FOREIGN PARTNER TO ASSIST YOU.
TO CLAIM THE MONEY AND TRANSFER IT INTO HIS ACCOUNT FOR
INVESTMENT PURPOSES.I DEPOSITED THE MONEY IN YOUR NAME AND IT CAN BE CLAIMED
BY
YOU ALONE WITH THE DEPOSIT CODE.I HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTS WITH ME HERE.
TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR SELF AND YOUR SISTER, FROM THE ABOVE,YOU WILL
UNDERSTAND THAT THE LIVES AND FUTURE OF MY FAMILY DEPENDS ON THIS MONEY.
I WILL BE VERY VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU CAN ASSIST US WE ARE
NOW LIVING IN ABIDJAN AS POLITICAL ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THE FINANCIAL LAW
OFABIDJAN-COTE D'IVOIRE
DOES NOT ALLOW ASYLUM SEEKERS SUCH HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
IN VIEW OF THIS I CAN NOT INVEST THIS MONEY IN
AFRICA,HENCE I AM ASKING
YOU TO ASSIST ME CLAIME THIS MONEY AND PUT IT INTO YOUR
BANK ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES,FOR YOUR EFFOTRS I
PREPARED TO OFFER YOU 20% OF THE TOTAL FUND,WHILE 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR
ANY EXPENSES MADE.
THEN THE REST WILL BE KEPT FOR ME AND MY SISTER FOR
INVESTMENT AND OUR EDUCATION.
FINALLY, MODLITIES ON HOW THE TRANSECTION WILL BE DONE
CONVEYED TO YOU ONCE
WE ESTABLISH TRUST AND CONFIDENCE BETWEEN
OURSELVES.LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR
URGENT REPLY FOR DETAILED INFORMATION.
NOTE THE KEY WORD TO THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE.
YOUR URGENT RESPONSE WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED PLEASE.
YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBER IS ALSO NEEDED AS SOON AS YOU
REPLY THE DEPOSIT
DOCUMENTS WILL BE SEND TO YOU FOR YOUR CONFORMATION AND
CONTACT OF THE SECURITY COMPANY IN EUROPE WILL BE GIVEING TO YOU IMMEDIATELY
BUT
NOW ME AND MY SISTER IS IN A HOTEL HERE IN COTE D'IVOIRE AFTER THE
TRANSECTION
WE WILL COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY WHEN THE MONEY MUST HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED
INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.
THANKS AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU.
BEST REGARDS,
PETER AND SISTER
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