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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: "Thomas Ali" <thomasali022@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: thomasali02@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 17:21:33 +0000
Subject: Response to me .
Attn: Sir.
Compliments of the day. I hope that this letter does not surprise you because we have not met. However, I urge you to treat the information which it contains with due and utmost attention. Apart from being eternally grateful to you, I also assure that you shall be adequately compensated.
My name is Thomas Ali. I am the only son of Mr. Kalifar Ali who served as the chief security officer to president Kabah of Sierra Leone. Unfortunately, my father was killed During the over throw .
I came to know of you in my search of a reliable person to handle a very confidential business transaction, which involves the transfer of
a huge sum of $ 6.5 million dollars(six million five hundred thousand us dollars only))which was deposited in a finance house by my late father ,the former president Tijan Kabah gave him this money for safe keeping when he got information that the militaries were planning to over throw him(KABAH).Unfortunately,my father was killed in that coup detract, and I am the only person who has all the legal documents to claim this money.
My father gave me all the legal documents that covers this fund days before his death. I was waiting for things to cool down before making my move but the recent crisis in my country has forced me to make the move now.
Right now, the money is in a safe place.I am using this opportunity to seek for your assistance to transfer this money into your account to be invested in your country. All you need to do is to forward to me your telephone,fax and account where this money will be sent to. so that I can fine a way to come over to your country for investment.
We don't have any business to cover-up, that is why we need your assistance. If you agree to this proposal, we shall discuss on the parcentage and I will also forward to you all the legal documents that covers this fund for confirmation.Please reply with this email address:
I awaits your quick response .
Yours faithfully,
Thomas Ali.
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