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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: kenneth conteh <kcwelldcc@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 15:48:12 +0100 (BST)
Subject: DEAR BELOVED IN THE LORD
FROM; MR KENNETH CONTEH
C/C: UNITED NATIONS REFUGEE CAMP
PLATEAU ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE.
ATTN: DEAR BELOVED IN THE LORD,
PERMIT ME HERE TO INTRODUCE MY SELF TO YOU.I AM KENNETH CONTEH I'M A
YOUNG BOY. THE ONLY SON AND CHILD OF (MALLAM MTONGA . CONTEH ) A FULANI CATTLE HEADS MAN (A NOMADIC) AND A TRADITIONAL HUNTER FROM THE MENDE
SIERRA-LEONE WHEN MY FATHER WAS ALIVE HE WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND A WIDELY KNOWN FARMER IN THIS PART OF THE REGION. HE WAS A RESPECTED FARMER WITH SPECIALITY IN CATTLE FARMS AND VARIOUS OTHER AGRICULTURAL AND HUNTING PRODUCTS LIKE THE HIDES AND SKINS FROM KILLED ANIMALS.
UPON THIS ACHEIVEMENTS HE WAS HUMBLE AND DUE TO HIS HUMILITY NOBODY
KNEW OF HIS WEALTH.MY LATE FATHER HAD MADE HIS WEALTH THROUGH HARD WORK THOUGH THROGH HIS CATTLES WHICH HE REARED FROM PLACE TO PLACE AS A CATTEL HEADS MAN FROM THE LIVE STOCK CAMPS NEARER OUR VILLAGE.THE SALE OF THESE CATTLES FROM HIS FLOKS TO RICH CATTLE MERCHANTS WHOM TRADED
ON CATTLES FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY THROUGH THE WEST AFRICAN SUB REGION
BROUGHT MY FATHER WEALTH,PROSPERITY WHICH WAS USED TO MEASURE HIS SOCIAL STANDARDS IN THE PASTURIST AFRICA. HOWEVER DUE TO THE BOOMING OF MY LATE FATHERS CATTLE TRADE AND THE WEALTH HE MADE FROM IT THROUGH HARD WORK HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE ALOT OF MONEY AND ALSO THROUGH WHICH HE SENT ME TO SCHOOL, SINCE HE NEVER GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO SCHOOL TO AQUIRE THE WHITEMANS WISDOM(EDUCATION)BEFORE HE WAS KILLED BY HIS FELLOW NOMADIC CATTLE HEADS MAN DURING A CATTLE RAID BY TRIBAL ENEMIES DUE TO ENVY
WHEN MY MOTHER DIED ON THE 21ST OCTOBER 2002. MY FATHER TOOK ME SO
SPECIAL BECAUSE I WAS MOTHERLESS AND NEEDED MOTHERLY CARE. I HAD DONE
EVERYTHING AT MY DISPOSAL TO SAVE MY FATHER'S LIFE SINCE HE WAS THE ONLY PARENT I HAD BUT UNFORTUNATELY FATE HAD ITS WAY .
FINALLY BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 10TH OF FEBUARY 2003 IN OUR
VILLAGE IN MENDE NORTHERN PART OF SIERRA-LEONE. MY FATHER SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS BEDSIDE WHILE IN HOSPITAL BED AND SAID I QUOTE "MY SON KENNETH I HAVE THE SUM OF US$12.000.000 (TWELVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS)WHICH I DEPOSITED IN A TRUST FIXED ESROW ACCOUNT WITH A BANK IN ABIDJAN REPUBLIC OF COTE D'IVOIRE, MY LATE FATHER THEREFORE HANDED OVER ALL THE RELEVANT DOCUMENTS COVERING THIS FUND DEPOSIT.
UPON MY ARRIVAL IN ABIDJAN WHERE I SUCCESSFULLY CONTACTED THE BANK TO
INFORM THEM OF MY INTENTIONS TO TRANSFER THE FUND WHICH IS DEPOSITED BY MY
LATE FATHER TO A FORIEGN BENEFICARY THAT I WILL TRUST WORTYHY AND FATHERLY WHOM WILL HELP ME MANAGE THIS MONEY TO COMPLETE MY EDUCATION WHICH HASBEEN MY WISH AND THE WISH OF MY FATHER.
HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS
POISONED BY HIS COLEAGUES AND THAT I SHOULD LEAVE TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER
AS BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN A
COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHERE I WILL TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND USE IT COMPLETELY FOR MY EDUCATION AND ALSO TO INVEST FOR MY FAMILY TO BE ABLE TO KEEP HIS NAME SINCE HE WILL NOT BE AROUND TO SHOW ME THE WAY ANY MORE AND TO GUIDE ME.
DEAREST ONE,IN THIS RESPECT I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN
THE FOLLOWING WAYS : TO PROVIDE A BANK ACCOUNT WHERE THIS MONEY WOULD BE TRANSFERED TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND SINCE I AM STILL
UNDERAGED (A YOUNG BOY)AND TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY TO FURTHER MY EDUCATION AS MY LATE FATHER WISHES . MOREOVER, I WILL REWARD YOU GREATLY FOR YOUR HUMBLE SERVICES AS I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 10% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EFFORT/INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT OVERSEAS.
FURTHERMORE, YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR OPTION TOWARDS ASSISTING ME AS I
BELIEVE THAT THIS TRANSACTION WOULD BE CONCLUDED WITHIN FOUR (3) BANKING DAYS YOU SIGNIFY INTEREST TO ASSIST ME. I WILL APPRECIATE YOU SEND ME
E-MAIL.ANTICIPATING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON. SINCERLY YOURS
KENNETH CONTEH
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