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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: Alice Mamadu <alicemadu@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 11:55:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hi beloved friend
Dear friend,
Greetings to you. I thank God that I have come across you and I believe you will not turn down my request. My name is Miss Alice Mamadu . I am 19 years old. I am from Bouke in Cote D'ivoire in west Africa. I became an orphan few years ago when my parents were murdered in Bouke in the northen part of Cote D'ivoire my home town. I was in school when the rebel new force went on rampage and killed people in the town suspected for supporting the government of Laurent Gbagbo. I was take from the school by a good Samaritan an old aunty and to Abidjan where I am presently residing. I am now staying with the old woman I call aunty, she is 82 years old and she has been trying her best for me.
I am confuse as to what to do to claim my late father's deposit in a security company in Abidjan here. He deposited a sum of $5.000,000 ( five million USD only). This deposit was to be sent to his business partner in Europe, but since the crisis they lost contact and I don't know about him and I do not know about their transaction before he died so he deposited the boxes in a security company. In crisis like the one we have here, security company serve better for safekeeping of such amount because some banks were robbed. I am appealing to you in the name of God to help me so that we can apply to claim the fund from the security company and I will change the documents to your name so that we can claim the fund and transfer it to any account you provide. I will then come over to continue my studies that was interupted by the war. While you invest the fund in a good business for me.
The security company does not know that the content of the box is money. My father deposited it as personal effects. Please keep this matter secret for my safety. This place is not safe at all. I want to leave this country to yours after the transfer. I believe you are a reliable person that will not sit on the money and will provide a safe place where I can move to continue my studies. I promise to give you 20% of the total amount when the transfer is made. That will cover all your inconveniences and if you make any expenses while helping me.
Please send to me your telephone number. Let me know if you can reliably keep this only thing I have
left in life with you safely.
I wait to hear from you soon,
Yours faithfully,
MISS ALICE MAMADU
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