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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: "MARIAM ALFAROUK" <mariam_alf30@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mariam_alf31@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 10:39:11 +0000
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE
MARIAM ALFAROUK
ABIDJAN/COTE D IVOIRE.
Email:mariam_alf31@yahoo.co.uk
Dearest,
I am happy to write and send this message to you and i hope that you will consider and give it urgent and favourable reply through the Email above.
My name is mrs mariam Alfarouk,a citizen of Sierria-Leone, and the wife of the late Dr Alfarouk,who before his death was the Manager of the Sierria Leone Gold and Diamond Corporation,(SGDC).I hope you are aware of the war that went on in my country for many years. It was in one of the attacks by the rebels loyal to the rebel leader, Foday SANKOH,that lead to the killing of my dear husband, leaving my son Ahmmed and i, as the only survival because we attended a funeral ceremony. When we heard of the the killing of my husband,we now felt unsafe in the country and we managed to escape into the Abidjan/COTE D'IVOIRE,through the help of a fisherman who operates a fishing trawler along the coastal river between the cote d' voire and sierria leone.
Please with us is the sum of US $22 million Dollars, contained in one metallic trunk box and presently registered and deposited as family valuables in the vault of a reputable security company here in Abidjan.
My aim of contacting you is to seek your able assistance in reclaiming my box from the security company and transferring the money contained abroad to your designated account in your country as a business developer. You will also help us to wisely invest the money in areas you deem lucrative and finally obtain a residential permit for us to stay comfortable with you there. We can not go back to our country because the rebels are well placed in authority and as cote d'ivoire is now in a serious political turmoil, we therefore wish to travel out of here before the worst happens.
For God's sake be merciful to us and assist us to transfer this money into your account in your country, because here i can not open an account in my name or my son's name.We have agreed to offer to you 20% of the total sum in the box for your assistance.
All documents issued to me by the security company at the time that i deposited the box are now with me and can be sent to you as soon as i favourably hear from you and please i implore you to treat this transaction in all secrecy and confidentiality for security reasons for this is our life. You can contact me for more details as soon as possible through my personal email (mariam_alf31@yahoo.co.uk <mailto:mariam_alf31@yahoo.co.uk>) or yo can call my son on on 00225 0815 7757 as I look forward to hearing from you.
May God Bless You In Abundance,
Thank You,
Mariam ALFAROUK.
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