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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: "Mrs.Lissa Meyer" <lissameyer@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: lissa_meyer1010@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 15:25:14 +0300
Subject: I NEED URGENT HELP.
My Dear,
I am Mrs.Lissa Meyer,from Ivory Coast. I am a widow being that I lost my husband In a couple of months ago. My husband was a serving director of the Cocoa exporting board until his death. He was assassinated on August 2003 by the rebels following the political uprising.
Before his death he deposited the sum of $8.5M Eight Million five hundred thousand USD in a private security Company in Dubai, United Arab Emirate.which was for the importation of cocoa processing machines. Note, according to my late husband the money is in a trunk box and he did not disclose to the security company the real content of the box he did it to reduce the cost of demurrage fees and for the safety of the fund according to him, he declared to the security company that the box contains a family valuables.I want you to do me a favour, to help me invest this fund in a profitable investment in your country as I do no have any knowledge of investment,that will be after we retrieve it from the security company.
For your efforts,you shall either choose to receive 25% of the total fund or go into equal partnership investment with me in your country. My interest is in areas, like real estate and industrial production.This is my reason for writing to you. Please if you are willing to assist me and my only son Francoise, indicate your interest in replying soonest.
Email :lissameyerfamily472000@yahoo.com
Thanks and best regards .
My Dear,
I am Mrs.Lissa Meyer,from Ivory Coast. I am a widow being that I lost my husband In a couple of months ago. My husband was a serving director of the Cocoa exporting board until his death. He was assassinated on August 2003 by the rebels following the political uprising.
Before his death he deposited the sum of $8.5M Eight Million five hundred thousand USD in a private security Company in Dubai, United Arab Emirate.which was for the importation of cocoa processing machines. Note, according to my late husband the money is in a trunk box and he did not disclose to the security company the real content of the box he did it to reduce the cost of demurrage fees and for the safety of the fund according to him, he declared to the security company that the box contains a family valuables.I want you to do me a favour, to help me invest this fund in a profitable investment in your country as I do no have any knowledge of investment,that will be after we retrieve it from the security company.
For your efforts,you shall either choose to receive 25% of the total fund or go into equal partnership investment with me in your country. My interest is in areas, like real estate and industrial production.This is my reason for writing to you. Please if you are willing to assist me and my only son Francoise, indicate your interest in replying soonest.
Email: lissameyerfamily472000@yahoo.com
Thanks and best regards .
Mrs.Lissa Meyer
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