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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: <akissi_rose03@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 00:57:26 +1200
Subject: A message from rose akissi


From

Miss,Rose Akissi

08 Bp 1044 ABJ 08

Republic Côte d'Ivoire

It is a sincere gratitude to acquaint you with this proposal for the
purpose of investment in your country I know this letter may come to you
as a surprise since we have not met before.but I am writing based on the
information I gathered from the old friend site concerning you. My name is
Miss Rose Akissi,the daughter of late Chief James Akissi until his
death,was one of the cocoa merchant here

My late father made a deposit of ($ 5.5 million US dollars) in a SECURITY
& FINANCE COMPANY here and my name as the next of kin,before his
assasination by some members of our family.

Now I have decided to invest this funds in your country safe enough for
security purposes.I wanted you to stand as my guidian and assist me in
retrieving and transferring this funds to your country for investment
purposes.

Therefore,if you can be of any help to me,I will be pleased to offer you
20% of the total fund and 10% will be mapped out for any expenses that may
occure in the retrievment of this funds .

Hope hearing from you very urgently

Thanks and Godbless you.


Best Regard's

Miss,Rose Akissi

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