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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 F Musa" <amamusa@tiscali.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: amamusa19f@k.ro
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 14:30:36 -0800
Subject: Assalamu Alaikum (May peace be upon you).
From: Miss Amaria Fatima Musa
E-mail:amamusa19ft@k.ro
Abidjan, Cote d'ivoire
Assalamu Alaikum (May peace be upon you).
I am Miss Amaria 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 US
dollars thousand . 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 poisoned.
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 accountwhere the money will
be save and invested wisely. Because of the
currentpolitical 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 yet nominated account , please try and send mails
on my private mail box for confidential reasons E-mail :amamusa19ft@k.ro
Yours lovely
Miss Amaria Musa
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