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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: mt222family@yahoo.co.in
Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 15:49:13 -0800
Subject: From: Mrs. Maria Taylor.
From: Mrs. Maria Taylor.
Telephone line: + 27-83-361-4423.
E-mail: mt222family@yahoo.co.in
Attn: Director - CEO
Greetings from Mrs. Maria Taylor.
I cannot imagine the surprise this will bring to you, but please be rest assured is with good faith and intentions from a family in dare need of your assistance to help us transfer the inheritance sum of $71.5million into your account or company's account, in which God will bless you for rendering a helping hand to others. I'm Mrs. Maria Taylor, from Sierra Leone (currently residing in South Africa), the wife to the late Brigadier John Taylor. I got your contact details in the course of my discreet search for a reliable and God fearing person from the Johannesburg Trade and Exhibition Center and after going through your profile, I decided to solicit for your kind assistance. I am currently residing with my family (son and a daughter) here in South Africa as asylum seekers and the South African Fiscal Policy Law and Regulations does not allow us certain financial rights.
My late husband was a brigadier in charge of Arms and Ammunition procurement for the Sierra Leon Army before his death. After his death I discovered that in his will, he specifically drew my attention to the sum of US$71.5million, which he had deposited, in a safe box of the Private Security Company here in Johannesburg, South Africa. The lives and future of my family depends on this fund as such I will be grateful if you can assist us. In view of this, I cannot invest this fund in South Africa hence my asking you to assist me to transfer it out of South Africa for investment purposes in your country.
From the above, you will understand that the lives and future of my family depends on this money as much, I will be very grateful if you can assist me, I with my mother are now living in South-Africa as political asylum seekers (REFUGEE) and the financial law of South Africa does not allow us to operate account of any type. In view of this, I cannot invest this money in South Africa, hence I am asking you to assist me transfer this money out of South Africa for investment purpose. We shall discuss about your reward/percentage for your efforts and assistance once you indicate your interest.
Finally modalities on how the transfer will be done will be conveyed to you once we establish trust and confidence between ourselves. For further detailed information, do not hesitate to call my son Mr. Solomon Taylor on this phone number + 27-83-361-4423 for further directives and clarification of this transaction. I wait for your prompt response.
Thanks and God bless,
Mrs. Maria Taylor.
(For The Family)
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