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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: "MRS GLORIA KANTE" <gl_nels@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Reply-To: nelson_kante@yahoo.co.in
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 16:53:53 +0700
Subject: REPLY ASAP.
FROM: MRS GLORIA KANTE
PHUKET,THAILAND.
TEL: 6670158727.
DATE: 05-08-2005
ATTN: THE PRESIDENT/CEO
DEAR SIR,
THIS MASSAGE COULD BE STRANGE,BUT REALITY WILL DEFINITELY DAWN ON YOU IF YOU PAY SOME ATTENTIONS TO ITS CONTENTS. MY NAME IS MRS GLORIA KANTE AGED 49,YEARS OLD THE WIFE OF LATE MR. STEPHEN KANTE WHO WAS THE CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER AND THE AID-DE CAMP TO EXILED PRESIDENT CHARLES TAILOR OF LIBERIA.
MY HUSBAND WAS ASSASINATED SHORTLY AFTER THE EXILE OF THE PRESIDENT,( CHARLES TAILOR ) BY THE REBELS AS A RESULT OF POLITICAL CRISES THAT HAS LONG BEING GOING ON IN OUR COUNTRY LIBERIA. AFTER MY HUSBAND WAS SHOT,WE RUSHED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE LATER DIED.
BEFORE HIS DEATH, HE STRUGLED AND REVEAL TO ME THAT HE DEPOSITED A TRUNK BOX CONTAINING THE SUM OF USD 12. 5 MILLION DOLLARS WITH A SECURITY COMPANY IN BANGKOK. HE MADE ME UNDERSTAND THAT HE GOT THE MONEY THROUGH SERVERAL DEALS HE EXECUTED WHILE HE WAS STILL IN ACTIVE SERVICE DURING PRESIDENT CHARLES TAILORS REGIME. HE FURTHER INSTRUCTED ME TO TAKE OUR ONLY SON AND ESCAPE OUT OF LIBERIA TO BANGKOK,THAILAND WERE THE MONEY WAS DEPOSITED, AND INVEST THE MONEY WISELY AS TO AVOID HIS KILLERS COMING AFTER US TOO. IMMEDIATELY HE FINISHED THE INSTRUCTIONS,HE GAVE UP HIS SPIRIT AND DIED RIGHT ON MY ARMS. IT WAS A TERRIBLE SITUATION FOR ME OF WHICH I NEARLY KILED MYSELF.
WE SUCCEFULY ESCAPED TO BANGKOK,THAILAND WHERE WE ARE PRESENTLY SEECKING ASYLUM. I HAVE LONG BEING SURFERING FROM CANCER OF THE BREAST BUT UNFORTUNATELY, AFTER SEVEN DAYS OF OUR ARRIVAL TO BNAGKOK, MY ILLNES DEVELOPED RAPIDLY AS A RESULT OF THE SHOCK I HAD FROM MY HUSBAND’S SURDEN DEATH. AS A MATTER OF FACT,I AM WRITING YOU THIS LETTER FROM MY SICK BED IN THE HOSPITAL, THE DOCTOR SAID THAT THE CANCER HAS CAUSED A LOT OF DAMAGES IN MY BODY THAT I HAVE LESS THAN 50 PERCENT CHANCES OF SURVIVAL. NOW I DO NOT KNOW IF I AM GOING TO SURVIVE THIS ILLNESS, I NEED YOU TO ASSIST ME BY COMING TO BANGKOK,THAILAND TO GUIDE AND HELP MY SON GET THE BOX CONTAINING THE FUNDS RELEASED FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY AND THEN MOVE THE FUNDS OUT OF THAILAND TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR PROFITABLE INVESTMENTS.
ALL THE DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE DEPOSIT OF THE BOX TO THE SECURITY COMPANY ARE INTACT WITH MY SON. HIS NAME IS MR. NELSON KANTE. YOU WILL HAVE TO CONTACT AND DEAL WITH HIM DIRECTLY AS I AM STILL UNDER SERIOUSE MEDICAL TREATHMENTS. CONTACT HIM AS TO GIVE YOU ALL THE DETAILS REGARDING THE PROCESS OF THIS TRANSACTION. HE SHALL LET YOU KNOW YOUR PERCENTAGE IN THE FUNDS,AFTER YOUR INDICATION OF YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST US IN THIS BUSINESS.
PLEASE CONTACT MY SON FOR YOU AND HIM TO ARRANGE ON HOW TO MEET AND MOVE THE FUNDS OUT OF THAILAND TO YOUR COUNTRY. HIS NUMBERS IS 6670158727.EMAIL: nelson_kante@yahoo.co.in
WE AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.
THANKS
MRS GLORIA KANTE
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