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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: "aicha bamba" <aichabamba1@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:19:31 +0200
Subject: URGENT MESSAGE

Princess Aicha Bamba
12BP ABIDJAN 01.
Abidjan,Cote D'Ivoire.


Hello,


I am Princess Aicha Bamba with my younger brother is Prince Luseni
Bamba(jnr.) we are the children of late King Luseni Bamba from Sierra Leone.

I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to seek your assistance to
transfer our cash of Nineteen Million United States Dollars
(US$19,000.000.00) now in the custody of a private Security trust firm in
Europe the money is in trunk box deposited and declared as family valuables
by my late father as a matter of fact the company does not know the content
as money,although my father made them to understand that the box belongs to
his foreign partner.

My late father King Luseni,a native of Kono District in the Northerh
province of Sierra Leone,was the Controller and Chiarman,Association of
Sierra Leone Gold Mining co-operation (A.S.L.G.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 father had already made arrangement for his family thats talking
about my mother, my younger brother and myself to be evacuated to Abidjan
the capital Republic of Cote D'Ivoire with the CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT he
made with a security firm in Europe through the aid of U.N evacuation
team.We are now in the Abidjan and could not return to our country since the
war has ended and looking forward to travel overseas for investment after
retrieving the box from the security firm.

During the war in my country and following the indiscriminate looting of
Public and Government properties by the rebel forces,the Sierra Leone mining
coop. was one of the target looted and it was destroyed.
My father including other top Government functionaries were attaked and
killed by the rebels in November 2000 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 uncle' involvement
in the air crash in January it dashed our hope of survival The untimely
deaths caused my mother's 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 early this year. Now my 19years old brother and myself are alone in
Abidjan without any relation.

Our only hope now is in the box deposited in the Security Firm in Europe and
I humbly solicit your assistance in the followings ways.

1. To assist me claim this box from the security Firm as the beneficiary

2. To deposit the money in your bank account and arrange for us to start a
new life also invest the money wisely in a lucrative business venture.

For your assistance, I have agreed with my younger brother that 20% of the
total amount will be for your effort and another 1% to cover all the
expenses that may incure during the business transaction. Last, I urge you
to keep this Proposal strictly confidential as no one knows our where about.

Please as you show your willingness,kindly contact reply to email
address:aichabamba01@hotmail.com

Earnestly awaiting your response.

Thanks,
May God bless you.
Princess Aicha Bamba.

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