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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: evansbriggs@handbag.com
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:55:54 +0100
Subject: FROM : Evans and Sister
FROM : Evans and Sister
Avenue 13 rue 15 Trechville
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire.
evans_briggs12@yahoo.co.uk
Dear,
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into
business relationship with you. I know you might be
surprised on receiving these mails due to we have not
met before. By brief introduction, I am Evans Briggs a
citizen of Cote D'Ivoire and the senior Son of late
Mr. and Mrs. David Briggs. My late parents was killed
by the rebels in my hometown Bouake the second
Economic Capital of Cote D'Ivoire during the recent
political Crisis of 19th September 2002.
My Parents were a wealthy Cocoa Merchant before they
met their sudden death. Before their death in a
private hospital, my father secretly disclosed to me
of the total sum of US$9.5 million dollars he
deposited in one of the security bank in Ghana safekeeping , on behalf
of
his foreign business partner for onward transfer to
his foreign partner overseas account
My father also told me his intension to invest this
money in Allocation of oil business with companies in
countries like Saudi Arabia, Libya, Kuwait, United
Arab Emirate, Iran and Oman.
Dear, I am honorably seeking your assistance to stand
as our Next of Kin and foreign partner of our late
father and to act as guardian of the money to provide
a bank account for the transfer of the sum US$9.5
million dollars. We have chosen you to assist us
invest the money in oil business in any of these
countries or where ever you feel will be the best
place. I will also like you to make arrangement for me
and my sister to further our Education in your
country. We have decided to offer you 18% of the total
sum as compensation after the transfer is made into
your account and you will serve as guardian to the
company that you will establish for us. Please get
back to us through the above email address to enable
us send you the deposit documents of the money for you
to contact the bank for the transfer of the money into
your account.
Finally, we are lying helplessly in the house here in
Abidjan-Cote D'Ivoire, but we intent to travel to
Ghana where we will stay now. We need your urgent
attention to transfer this money to your account
overseas and our coming to your country for stay.
Rebels have occupied our town Bouake and were in
position of our late parents properties we have no
other home until this money is transferred into your
account.
Reply me in this e-mail box ;evans_briggs12@yahoo.co.uk
Expecting to hear from you.
Evans and Sister.
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