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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: "Henry Scott" <info@hscott.org>
Reply-To: hscott1@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 11:48:16 +0000
Subject: assistance
I got your contact in search through “ INTERNET BULK MAIL’ for an honest,
godly and trustworthy foreign partner to assist me transact a rather very
lucrative, but confidential business.
Let me also introduce myself, I am Dr. Henry Scott special assistance on
security matters to the former president to Liberia Mr. Charles Taylor, who
was force into exile to Ecowas
head quarter country on 11 august 2003 after he handed over power to his
vice president Mr. Moses Blah
I am presently on South–Africa country on political asylum. Following the
international criminal court demanding Ex-President Charles Taylor for war
crime, I wish to solicit your assistance to handle this urgent and
confidential business, which involves (US$98.500.000.00) Ninety-Eight
Million and Five Hundred Thousand United states d
Dollars cash deposited in a security vault in Zimbabwe in African country,
this is for full security of the fund, in form of a diplomatic consignment.
The deposition of this fund was made with a very strong instruction under a
security code password, which is known, only to me, and was registered/
declared as containing photographic materials. The money was for purchase of
ammunition for the war with the rebels in my country Liberia. The first and
second phase of the money has been utilized with the arrival of the last
consignment to ammunition, which was seized by West African peacekeeping
troop on peace mission in Liberia.
Now that our regime is no more and our ex-president now in Exile for which
the international criminal court recently issued warrant of arrest against
president Charles Taylor for crime and genocide.
I have resolved to give you 30% FREE of the total sum for your assistance in
helping me claim the deposit/funds from the vault company and transfer it
into your nominated bank account for investment in your country. However,
this can be negotiable, I cannot claim the funds by myself due to the fact
that I am on political asylum in south-African and I cannot make the
transfer on my own. I do not want to do any thing that will jeopardize this,
as it remains my only hope. However, if you are ready to assist me, I will
give you more details on the way forward.
Frankly speaking, due to stability of our country economic, and for security
purposes of this fund, I was contemplating to invest my 70% fund jointly
with you on any sound financial institution like: - manufacturing or
petrol-chemical oil industry in your country, this will also make your
country economic growth-anyway, you can try to find, research, or make a
good recommendation to me in which business field I can invest in 70%
jointly with you on any profitable business in your country.
Please, kindly send me your confidential mobile, telephone and fax numbers
indicating your country cod number, city code numbers and your direct
tel-numbers, for oral discussion and easy communication regarding to this
relocation of cash funds.
Furthermore, if possible, try to call me on direct number For our voice
contact rather than going through cheap email.
As I wait your urgent reply and absolute trust and confidentiality is highly
solicited for, I will also give you all the information you need to assist
me claim the deposit on you response.
Regards.
Henry Scott
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