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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: richardwilford@igate.co.nz
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 05:38:40 +1200
Subject: I hope to hear from you soonest !!
Mr Richard Wilford
Spain Barcelona
Email:richwilf@zwallet.com
Tel:+346 60 52 35 91
21-07-2005
Dear friend,
I am Mr. Richard Wilford, the only son of late Chief John Wilford from
Sierra-Leone. I got your contact from the internet directory and need
assistance From you. My sources of your contact gave me encouragement and
confidence to write you.
I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to seek for your assistance
to transfer our cash of (Thirty Nine Million United Stated Dollars)
(39,000,000.00) now in the custody of the Security and trust Company here in
Spain to your private account pending our arrival to your country.
SOURCES OF THE FUND
My late father, chief John Wilford, a native of Mende District in the northern
province of Sierra-Leone, he was the general manager of Sierra-Leone Mining
Co-operation (S.L.M.C) Freetown. According to my father, this money was the
income accrued from mining co-operation overdraft and minor sales. Before the
peace of the civil war between the rebel forces of Major Paul Korormah and the
combined forces of ECOMOG peace keeping operation that almost destroyed my
country, following the forceful removal of the civilian elected president
Ahmed Tejan Kabbah from power by the rebels. My father had already made
arrangement for his family, my mother, my little sister and myself to be
evacuated to Spain, with our persona effort and the box containing the money.
My father deposited the box in a private security company here in Spain for
the safe custody until after the war when he will join us.
During the war in my country, and following the! Indiscriminate searching of
the public and government properties by the rebels forces, the Sierra-Leone
mining corporation. Was one of the targets looted and destroyed. My father
including other top government functionaries were attacked and killed by the
rebels because of the relationship with the civilian president Ahmed Tejan
Kabbah.
As a result of my father's death, our hope of survival was shattered. The
untimely deaths caused my mother heart failure and other related complications
of which she later died in hospital after we spent a lot of money on her. Now,
my 16 years old sister and myself are alone in this strange country suffering
without any care or help. Without any relation, we are now like refugees and
orphans. Our only hope now is in you and the box deposited in a Security
Company.
To this effect, I humbly solicit for your assistance in the following ways. To
assist me claim this box from Security Company as co-beneficiary. To transfer
this money in your name and to your country and to make good arrangement for a
joint business investment on our behalf in your country, and you will be the
caretaker, and also to secure a college for my little sister and myself in
your country to further our education. And to make arrangement for our
travelling with you to your country after you have transferred this fund. Most
importantly, the security company officials do not know the exact contentof
the box because it was declared as family valuables. The whole documentissued
after deposit is in my custody. For your assistance, I have conceded25% of the
money to your efforts assistance.
If really want assist us in this transaction kindly send an e-mail to
theabove e-mail address also to the below e-mail address. E-mail:
rwilford5@excite.com or richwilf@zwallet.com
Best of Regards,
Richard Wilford.
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