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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: "Kennedy Kenneth" <kkenth02@yahoo.ca> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 23:35:09 +0200
Subject: My mother has asked me to write to you!!
Dear,
My mother has asked me to look for a reliable person or individuals who will help us to retrieve our money which is in the custody of Security Company in Senegal Dakar.
Owning to numerous scams that is taking place today in the internet, she considered it necessary for you to come to Africa where the money was deposited to ascertain the authenticity of the money, thereby, creacting a bilaterial relationship with us in order for us to know in person whom we are dealing with.
The money is real as it was gotten from a Diamond and Gold business by my late father who was the chief Rebel Officer during the reign of late administration of Charles Taylor of Republic of Liberia.
We are incapaciated of claiming this money on our own from the security company because of a safegarding agreement entered by my late father with the holding company. The money was deposited as a Family Treasures which have me as the next of kin to the heirs. Based on their agreement, it was stated that before i should claim the ownership of the money, i would present a foriegn Sponsor or Trustee who will stand for me in claiming and investing the money in any lucrative venture in Europe because the real purpose of my late father for the deposition was to establish a production company in Europe where there is no war or political crisses like here in Africa.
According to the certificate of deposition, the total amount is Twelve Million Dollars($12000000.00) which we have decided to give you 10% for your humanitarian efforts and 5% to the expences that might accrued during the course of this transaction which we doubt if there will be any following our mutual agreement of handling this transaction the legal way and manners my late father left instructions and guidlines.
Presently, we are asylum seekers and cannot in anyway dare to go back to our country because of the rudeless way my late father was murdered by his close associates and who knows what will happen to us if they see us or know our whereabout more especially now my mother's health is deteriorating very seriously.
Please, don't contact us if you feel that we are claiming what we do not have but, if you are real as we are in handling this transaction so that the money will be transfered into a joint accounts inwhich you're going to open between us, then, you can reach us with this email address.kkenth03@yahoo.ca .
Finally, you must also know that we don't know you in person and Africa is a very long distance to your country,so, we must upholh Trust and Honesty to meet our goals so that at last, we must live and remember the past with bright memories.
Hoping to hearing from you after pondering over this mail.
Yours Sincerely,
Kennedy & Family
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