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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: tony okon <tonyokon74@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:24:29 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Urgent Business Proposal
From Mr Tony Okon.
From Rep of Angola.
E_mail address ( tonyokon74@yahoo.co.uk )
Dear
It is a sincere gratitude to acquaint you with this proposal for the purpose of investment in your country. I know this letter may come to you as a surprise since we have not met before. My name is Mr Tony Okon, the son of late Chief Frank .D.Okon Until his death was the director of Diamond Mining field of Kalangba District in Angola. Before his death in a private hospital in Angola, he disclosed to me the reason he was poisoned by his business associates.
During our previous communication by mail I did ask you for assistance in solving my problem and to do this for me and my mother, you have to keep it confidential and top secret between You, I and my Mother, because even the security companywhere my late father deposited the box containing this money ($18.5 million us Dollars) does not know the real content of the box, because my late father disguised and declared the content of the box as family valuables item for security reasons.
From what the security company explained to me,they can uplift the box to your address in your country without any problem . Now I want you to contact the security company and tell them that you are my late father's family friend living in overseas, and that you want the box to be delivered to you in your country through the special diplomatic courier service.
The box registered with my late father's name Chief Frank .D.Okon
Nationality is Angola, The deposit code of the box is UT/2000/0814MA. Description is ; Family valuables item. Please make sure that you do not tell them that the box is money because like as told you earlier that my late father disguised itto contain family valuables item for sately of the box and for fear of losing the money to the Government if they discover that the box is money .
So as soon as i receive your mail I will like to give you the contact of the security company so that you can contact them and have discussion with them.
You can contact them by phone or by their email . As them to tell you with their requirements and the cost for the lifting of the box to you in your country through their special diplomatic courier service to you .
On my side I will like to come over your country as soon as the box reached your hand for the investment of the money. lastly I and my mother would like to offer you 15% of the total sum of the money contained in the box, for your rendering your assistance and to cover up any expenses you might,make in the process of helping me and my mother to get this box out from the security company to your country.
ThI will like to hear from you so that I will forwrad the Documents issued to my late father when he deposited the box with them for safe keeping shortly before his death
Thanks and God bless you.
Am waiting tohear from you as soon as you receivethis message.
Mr Tony Okon.
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