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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: michaellinda@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 11:40:58 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?From=20=3A=20Michael/Linda=20Biros?=
From : Michael/Linda Biros
Box : 01 BP 54286 Abidjan 01-RCI
Adress : Abidjan-Cocody
40 Rue des Jardins, Villa 126
Telephone:0022507283919.
Dear Sir,
WITH THE BEST COMPLIMENTS OF THE YEAR,
I wish to solicit your help in migrating to your country, My name is Michael
Biros and Linda are the children of Late General Alexandre Biros the former
Director of military inteligence and special acting General Manager of the
Sieria Leone Diamond mining coperation(SLDMC ).
I am contacting you to seek your good assistance to transfer and invest
USD18,5 million belonging to my late father which is deposited in a bank
in Abidjan. This money is revenues from solid minirals and dimonds sale
which were under my fathers possession before the civil war broke out.
Following the brake out of the war, almost all government offices, coperations
and parastatals were attacked and vandalized. The SLDMC was loothed and
burnt down to ashes, and diamonds worth millions of dollars was stolen by
the rebel military
forces who attacked my fathers office.
Many top government officials and senior army officers were assasinated
and my father was a key target because of his very sensitive military possition
and appointment in the SLDMC. Regreatably, my father was captured and murdered
along with half brother in cool blood during a mid-night rebel shoot-out
when our official residence in freetown was armbushed by Fordey Sanko the
notorious rebel leader.
My mother sustainded very sever bullet injuries which
resulted to her untimelyand painful death in a private
hospital here in Ivory Coast.
Now we are alone in a totally strange country without
parents, relatives or any body to care for us at our tender ages.
Before our mother died, she told us that our father
deposited some money which he made from diamond sales and contracts at this
bank here in Ivory Coast and that we should pray and find a trustworthy
foreign business partner who would help us to transfer and invest this money
in profitable business venture overseas.
She told us to do this quickly so that we can leave Ivory Coast with our
cousin brother-Arthur who is here in the camp with us and,then settle down
abroad. She gave us all the bank documents to prove the deposit and then
told us that my father used my name as the only son to deposit the money
in the
bank.She told us that this is the reason why we came to Ivory Coast. My
mother died afterwards. May her spirit rest in perfect peace.
I have gone to the bank to make inquires about this money and I spoke with
the director of International remittance who assured me that the everything
is intact and promised to help me transfer this money to my foreign partners
bank account as soon as I provide my partners foreign bank account for them.
However, the director is very concerned because of my age, I am 21 years
and as such promised to help me and he would like to speak with my partner
to ensure that this money is invested wisely in only rofitable business
because of his personal interest and sympathy for me.
If you are will to assist us, please let us know
immediately and provide us with your following information for bank here:
1. Your full names and address, tel/ fax
2. Name of Bank and addres, Tel/fax/telex
3. Account name and number and
4. swift code etc.
Please note that I can only offer you 25% of the total
money as compensation for your noble assistance in
accodiance with my mothers advise. I am interested in any profitable commercial
venture which you consider very good in your country and you would also
get a school for me, my little sister and cousin so that we can finish our
colledge education.
I am hoping to hear your urgent response so that I can not look for another
foreign partner.
Thank you and may God bless you and your dear family.
Yours sincerely
Michael and Linda Biros.
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