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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 Esther Opande" <mrsestheropande@msn.com>
Reply-To: estheropande@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:44:26 +0000
Subject: Re: Please Reply Urgently
ASYLUM CAMP ABIDJAN
From: Mrs. Esther Opande
Address: Mother Teresa Camp Abidjan - Cote D'Ivoire
Attn: President/Ceo,
Compliments of the day. I hope that this letter does not surprise you
because we have not met before. However, I urge you to treat this
information with utmost secrecy and confidential. Apart from being eternally
grateful to you, I also assure that you shall be adequately compensated.
My name is Mrs. Esther Opande. I am the wife of late Lt-Gen Daniel Opande
who served as the chief security officer to president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah of
Sierra Leone. Unfortunately, my husband was killed During the overthrow of
24th December 1997, I came to know of you in my search for a reliable
person to handle a very confidential business transaction, which involves
the transfer of a huge sum of money valued at $4,500,000.00 (Four Million,
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which was deposited in a
finance house, and the former president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah gave my husband
this money for safe keeping when he got information that the militaries were
planning to overthrow him (KABBAH).
My husband gave me all the legal documents to claim this fund day before his
death. And I have been waiting for the situation to calm down before making
my move but the recent crisis in this country (Cote D'Ivoire) where I am
residing under asylum with my son James forced me to make the move now.
Right now, the money is in a safe place. I am using this opportunity to seek
for your assistance to transfer this money into your account to be invested
in your country.
All you need to do is to forward to me your bank account information where
this money will be sent to, so that I can send my son (James) to come over
to your country for investment.
We don't have any business to cover-up the fund, that is why we need your
assistance. If you agree to this proposal, we shall discuss on the
percentage and I will also forward to you all the legal documents that
covers this fund for confirmation.
I await your quick response.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Esther Opande & Son
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