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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: mrsfatima@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:47:13 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Salam?=
Salam,
In the name of Almighty Allah, the most merciful, It is a great pleasure
that I am writing this letter to you and I know that something positive
will come out of it. I am Mrs. Fatima Mohamed, the wife of a prominent business
man in KORHOGO the northern part of Ivory Coast. My husband's name is Mr.
Labib Mohamed. He was arrested by some government officials accusing him
of funding the rebellion in the country. To our utmost surprise,we found
his body in a forest in the capital city dead. We have done all the necessary
things concerning his burial and we are through now.
The aspect that I want to discuss with you is that my late husband, when
he was alive did a business with his foreign partners worth of $20.4 million
(Twenty million four hundred thousand US Dollars)
This money is being deposited in a Bank here in Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire before
his untimely death, and this is where I want you to come in and help me
and my son secure the money into your bank account for a joint business
investment in your country. We need the help of a foreign partner that has
an account so that we can get the money out. I am therefore proposing 25%
of the money to you if you can help me get the money out of the Bank because
I and my family want to live this country immeditaly for security reasons
of our lives and this our inheritance from my late beloved husband, being
the only hope of our survival.
And, I shall invest 50% of the money in your country or anywhere you suggest
while 5% of the total amount will been aside for any expense that you might
incure during this transaction. I have the neccessary documents that proves
with me and the Bank contact here in Cote d'Ivoire , i am reallying and
putting trust in Almighty Allah and you. kindly help me out for the sake
of only issue I had with my late husband, being my son that is surferring
now, he could not go to school mainly because of the school fees.
I know that something positive will come out for us, both you and me including
my son and i pray with the help of Allah you should help us why because
my son do not go to school any longer. Looking forward to see your reply
very soon and let me have your contact address and telephone number to call
you, and may Almighty Allah in his mercy be with you, if i see your reply
i will give you the Bank contact so that you will contact them for your
verification and confermation, as well request for the transfer of this
money to your account as my foreign partner . Then you will need to send
an invitation letter to me and my son for our coming to your country for
our re-settlement after confirmation of this money in your account.
Yours in Allah,
Mrs. Fatima Mohamed.
NB: Please when responding to this mail try and forward to me all the informations
about you, Your full Name, Your Residenciell Address, Your Private telephone
number and your Bank Account information where the money will be transfered
to enable me submit it to the bank and introduce you officially to their
office as my foreign partner whom this money will be transfer to his account.
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