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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: atusia m <atusia03@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 17:44:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: REQUEST FOR INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP
FROM COLLINS ATUSIA
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
Hello,
REQUEST FOR INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship
with you. I know this mail may come to you as a surprise, since we have
not known or written before.
Introducing myself, I am Mr Collins Atusia, 22 years of age
the only son of the late Mr and Mrs PAUL K. Atusia, my father was a
Gold and cocoa merchant based in Accra, Ghana and Abidjan (IvoryCoast),
he was poisoned to death by his businessassociates on one of their business
trips. Before the death of my father on 2003 in a private hospital here in Abidjan,
he secretly called me on hisbedside and told me that he has a sum of
USD$12.5M (Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S), deposited in Bank in
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, that he used my name as his only son for the next of kin
in depositing the funds.
He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was
poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a foreign
partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for
investment purpose such asexpansion of his existing cocoa business and real
estate management here on how best to transfer this money to overseas.
Please I am humbly seeking your assistance in the following ways :
1- To assist me in providing an account of yours where this fund can quietly
be transferred into.
2- To serve as the guardian of this fund since am still in school.
3- To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my
education and to help me secure a residential permit in your country.
Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation
for your effort/input after the successful transfer of this fund into your
nominated account overseas, while 5% will be set aside to offset any expenses
we may incur. Furthermore, you canindicate your option towards assisting me
as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within the shortest possible
time if you signify interest toassist me.
Contact me immediately you receive this message through my email
address if you are interested.
God bless you.
Yours sincerely,
Collins Atusia
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