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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: Philippe Andani <philippe12andani@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 13:51:06 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Can I lean on you
Dear,
It is with absolute sincerity,humility and due respect to your person that I apeal to you to discuss an issue of great important.If you can give me an opurtunity by writing me,I will be very pleased.Actualy my purpose of contacting you is to discuss a very important issue that has been bothering me for a long time after I lost my both parents .I am Master Philippe Andani the son of Rev.and Mrs Rapheal Andani who was untill his death the scretary general Liberia Unification Party and an intarnational cocao exporter,I lost my both parents last year when they were assassinanted by my fathers political oponents and as the only child of my parents am left alone in these whole wild world at my age (20),I am from Free Town in Liberia.
However,before my father was asssasinated he told me that he left the sum of 7.5million dollars in a bank in Abidjan Cote D'Iviore were I was smuggled to by my fathers driver for fear of being killed as my parents being the only chil,,my fathers driver latter died in a motor accident in Abidjan Cote I'Ivoire which left me all a lone with nobody to live with or stay with,presently I am in a refugee camp here.
Meanwhile I have gone to the bank here were the money is deposited and the bank director told me that I have to look for a forieggn partner to transfer the money into his account for Africa is not safe any longer and am inexperienced to handle such transfer. Now please dear I want you to help me transfer these money into your account in your country for investment purpose and to help me to come over to your country to continue my education and start a new lease of life for I do not trust any body here and africa is not stable and my life is not also safe here because there is crises in the country.
Please dear I beg you in the name of God if you agree to assist me please reply me and I will give you the contact of the bank here so that we can move ahead from there.May God bless you as I await your
responce.
Philippe Andani
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