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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: mr_zuma_2002@yahoo.co.in
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 02:03:25 -0800
Subject: PLS BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
FROM MR ZUMA KOMAH.
10 DOLANDO AVENUE,
JOHANESSBURG SOUTH AFRICA.
PHON NUMBER+27762076016
EMAIL: mr_zuma_2002@yahoo.co.in
PLS BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
Dear, Sir/Madam,
I am Mr zuma Komah the son of late chief George Komah from Sierra Leone, I got your
contact information from the ternet when I am searching for a trust someone who can
assist me in the transaction of our fund to overseas country for investment. My
sources of your contact gave me the courage and confidence to rely on you, I am
writing you in absolute confidence primarily to seek your assistance in the
transastion of the fund of twenty one million eight hundred thousand united state
dollars (US$21,800,000.00) which is now in the custody of a SECURITY COMPANY here in
south africa.
SOURCE OF THE MONEY.
My late father, chief George Komah a native of mende district in the Northern
province of Sierra Leone, He was the general Manager of Sierra Leone mining
co-operation (S.L.M.C.) Freetown.
According to my father, this money was the income accrued from mining co-operation's
over draft and minor sales before the peak of the civil war between the rebels
forces of major Paul Koroma and the combined forces of ECOMOG peace keeping
operation that almost destroyed my country, following the forceful removal from
power of the Civilian Elected President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah by the rebels, my late
father had already made an arrangement for our family, my mother, my little sister
and myself to be evacuated to south africa with our personal effects.
My father deposited the fund for the safe custody until after the war when he will
join us. During the war in my country and following the indiscriminate looting of
public and Government properties by the rebel forces, the sierra Leone mining
co-operation's was one of the targets looted and destroyed my father including other
top Government functionaries were attacked and killed by the rebels in November 2001
because of his relationship with the civilian Government of Ahmed Tejan Kabbah, as
a result of my father's death and with the news of my uncles involvement in air
crash in January, dashedour hope of survival.
The untimely deaths caused my mothers heart failure and other related complications
of which she later died in the hospital after we must have spent a lot of money on
her, my 16-year-os younger sister and myself are alone in this strange country
suffering without any care or help, without any relation, we are now like refugees
and orphans. Our only hope now is in this fund our late father deposited in the
SECURITY COMPANY to this effect, I humbly solicit your assistance in the followings
ways to assist me claim this fund from the SECURITY COMPANY as my late father's
co-beneficiary to us transfer this fund in your name to your bank account in your
country in order to make a good arrangement for a jointbusiness investment on our
behalf in your country, we seek that you should be the caretaker of this transaction
and inestment so that you can secure a college formy little sister and my self in
your country to further our education and to make arrangement for our coming to you
in your country after the transaction.
The most important thing in this transaction is the documents which was issued on
the day of this deposit. For your assistance, I beg you to consider 20 % of this
money as your offer and efforts.
PLS REPLY BACK ON THIS ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ADRESS BELOW; mr_komah_zuma@yahoo.co.uk
Best regards,
MR Zuma Komah.
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