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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: s_leone@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 17:10:48 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dear=20Friend?=
Dear Friend,
Thank you for taking the time to read this mail. My name is Mrs. MARTHA
KOROMA,from Diamond rich Eastern Province - particularly Kono and Tongo
of Sierra Leone. I am the widow of the Late Mr. PAUL KOROMA, the managing
director of Sierra Leone diamond mining co-operation. I am currently living
in a refugee center in London, UK.My family and I have been unfortunate
to find ourselves caught up in a very difficult situation in London. I know
you will be surprise to receive this message, but it is of utmost importance
to me and my family.
Anyway, I am about to entrust my destiny and the destiny of my whole dependants
on your shoulder if you can help us, it will also be of immense benefit
to you too. This transaction demands utmost trust, honesty, integrity and
most important, secrecy. It is only through the above that my family and
I will be assured of our security.This regrettable situation led to the
killing of my husband and only daughter and the displacement of my family.During
the brutal civil war in my country Sierra Leone, my late husband of blessed
memory was brutally murdered by the rebels led by Mr. Foday Sankoh,he was
murdered with my only daughter (Nina).But my two sons (Greg & Daniel) and
I managed to escape to UK, through the help of the International Rescue
Committee (IRC).
But before my late husband's death, he drew my attention to a box containing
about twelve million US dollars ($12 Million) which he smuggled out at the
start of the war to a security company in Spain,Europe. (The security company
does not know the real contents of the box. He registered it in the name
of my son Greg Koroma as family art and monuments. He also gave me the certificate
of deposit and receipt issued to him by the security company, which I still
have in my possession.The problem I have is that as a refugee, the immigration
law does not allow us to open or hold operate bank account in London and
I do not want to seek the assistance of just anybody for fear of being duped
or defraud of our only livelihood, I have sold almost all my jewelries to
keep body and soul together, hence the British Government is not reallytaking
care of us.
What is required of you is to give us your full name and contact address
so that I can secure a Power of Attorney in your favor that would enable
you contact the security company as the beneficiary of the box. You can
then transfer the funds to your bank account after the box must have been
released to you. In order to make it worth your while, we will give you
a part
of the money. We have also map out 5% of the principal sum for any expenses
that you may incurred during the transaction process including traveling
expenses, we intend to invest the remaining part of the money on your advice
in any viable business ventures in your country, you may even act as our
financial adviser if you are so disposed.
If you want to help, you can contact my son Greg Koroma on this email address
(sierra_koroma@yahoo.com ) above and alternative I am looking forward to
your immediate response, as I believe that destiny has brought us together.
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Martha Koroma
Please visit the following web pages for further information on the Sierra
Leone war.
<http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sl.html>
<http://www.hrw.org/reports98/sierra/>
<http://www.refugees.org/news/crisis/sierraleone/sierraleone_photos.htm>
<http://www.theirc.org/Sierra%20Leone/>
<http://www.infoplease.com/spot/sankoh1.htm
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