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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: "Mr.Robbinson Noah" <robinnoah3@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: robinnoah10@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 00:07:05 +0200
Subject: urgent investment help,
hello dear,
i know that you will be surprise to recieve this mail,before i go on let me tell you
a little bit of myself,my name is Robbinson Noah from republic of Liberia in west
Africa,i am the only surviving son of my father Mr. Mona Noah. My late father was
the managing director of Blue Diamond and Gold Export company in Lofia County
Liberia West Africa. he was a very prosperous businessman,infact they call him
the richest man in the town of Lofa,but he was killed one early morning
on 20/4/2003 by the rebels,may his soul rest in peace,those rebels broke in
and captured the town of vangerma which is the main city in lofa county,
killing and looting,it was there my family has been executed,
they killed my father and mother with my three younger once,
i and one of my sister were saved because were at school
when the whole insindant was happning then we ran into
forest,it was a long story,we have under go so many
diffcuties,but i thank God for our life,so when we get
back to our house all our family has been killed i
dont know what to do cos the rebels have loots
everything in our house,
luckly to us,i found my fathers suitcase with some
documents showing that he deposited the sum of
ten million five hundred thousand united state
dollars in a financial company abroad so we made
away with these documents.so what i need is a
trusted and God fearing person who shall help
us transfer the money into his account in which
we shall meet him for investments and my sister
to contuine her school,some one who will take
us as his own children, i will like you to tell
me in your reply how much i will give you form
the whole money for helping us,awaits to
hear from you.
i remain with the best of regards.
you can also contact me at,email.robinnoah10@hotmail.com
Robbinson Noah.
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