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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: "Kingsly Kweku" <kingslykweku@latinmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 07:01:23 -0700
Subject: Hello
From: Mr. Kingsly Weah Kweku
Country: Liberia, West Africa.
Hello Dear,
First and foremost, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this
transaction and I pray that my decision to contact you will be given
genuine approvalconsidering the facts we have not known each other before; I wish to
use this opportunity to introduce myself to you.
I am Mr. Kingsly Weah Kweku from Liberia, West Africa. I write to inform
you mydesire to invest, and to buy a living house in your country.I am the
firstson of Mr. Weah Kweku; my father was a diamond/gold merchantin my country.My father had abullet shot by the rebels on his way traveling out of my country with two of my youngersister's dueto present crisis that is occurring in our country (Liberia).
My sister's died on the spot while UN peacemaker, keeping force rescued
myfather, andhe was taken to hospital for medical treatment, which he later died.
Beforehe died he revealed to me and my mother about the boxes containing: 85 kilo of raw gold and $15.7 million,(Fifteen million,Seven hundred thousand us dollars). Which he deposited with a security company in Ghana for safekeeping. My father did not disclose any of the content of the boxes to the security company. To avoid the of ficials from raising eyebrowsto the funds.
Presently my mother and myself are here in Ghana to notify the security
company for the claims, and we are staying in the refugee camp. Therefore I want you to
lecture me on how best we can invest this money, because my father told me that it is
dangerous to invest this money in Africa to avoid suspicions, and due to market instability coupled with economic and political instability facing African count rise,that is why we want to invest in Abroad.
For your mutual assistance, my mother and myself have agreed to offer
you 20% of the totalamount of the money. We have all the vital documents covering the
deposit and the ownership,which I can send to you through fax on request. Note: I have never disclosedthis to any person apart from you, so you have to keep this transaction as a top secret to yourself alone. I will want you to forward across to me your direct Tel/Fax number for moreinformation's about this transaction.
I am waiting for your urgent and positive feedback.
Alternative:man1000@mail.com
Best regards,
Mr. Kingsly Weah Kweku
(For the entire family)
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