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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: "amaka bello" <amaka2bello@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 09:57:22 +0200
Subject: from princess amaka
FROM: AMAKA BELLO
ABIDJAN,IVOARY COAST
DEAR RESPECTFUL ONE.
I KNOW MY MAIL WILL BE A SURPRISE TO YOU BUT YOU
SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT I WAS TOTALLY CONVINCED TO
WRITE TO YOU IN REFERENCE OF THE TRANSFERING OF
$11 MILLION US DOLLARS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT FOR ONWARD
INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY.AND I MUST CONFESS THAT MY
AGITATIONS ARE REAL AND MY WORD IS MY BOND IN THIS
PROPOSAL.
I AM AMAKA BELLO THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF CHIEF LAWRENCE WHITE .
FROM THE REPUBLIC OF COTE D'IVOIRE . MY FATHER
WAS AN INTERNATIONAL TIMBER AND GOLD MERCHANT BEFORE
HIS UNTIMELY DEATH.AS THE CASE MAYBE MY MOTHER LOST
HER LIFE DURING THE BIRTH OF THE SECOND CHILD.
AFTER ALL THIS TRAGEDY MY FATHER NEVER MARRIED A
SECOND WIFE BECAUSE OF THE LOVE HE HAS FOR MY LATE
MOTHER HENCE I AM THE ONLY HEIR OF MY FAMILY. AS HIS
ONLY DAUGHTER MY FATHER CONFIDES ALOT IN ME BECAUSE HE KNOW THAT A DAY WILL COME WHEN I HAVE TO MANAGE HIS VAST WEALTH BUT THE RELATIONSHIP PAINFULLY DID NOT LAST.
TWO MONTHS AGO MY FATHER HAS TO TAKE HIS BROTHER TO
THE COURT BECAUSE OF A PROPERTY THAT HE INHERITED FROM
HIS LATE FATHER BEING THE FIRST DAUGHTER AS ALWAYS THE CASE
IN THIS PART OF AFRICA., AT THE END OF THE DAY THE CASE WAS IN FAVOUR OF MY FATHER. THIS IS A STORY THAT SEEMS LIKE A FICTION TO ME BUT TODAY AM FACING THE REALITY OF BEING AN ORPHAN WHO IS ALSO BEING HUNTED BY MEN OF WICKED PRINCIPLE, HENCE TRAGIDY DOES NOT ALTER FACT BUT FACT REMAINS WHEN OTHER HOPES HAS BEEN SHATTERED. THREE WEEK AFTER THIS CASE MY FATHER WAS ATTACKED IN ABIDJAN BY UNKNOWN ASSASIN WHO SHOT THREE BULLETS INTO HIS BODY ,BUT HE DIED TWO DAYS LATTER IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL.
BUT BEFORE HIS LAST BREATH HE DISCLOSED TO ME ABOUT THE FUNDS
HE DEPOSITED IN A BANK HERE IN ABIDJAN
THE SUM OF $11 MILLION US DOLLARS, ($11.000.000.000.00) BUT HE DECLARED THE AFRICAN ARTS WORK FOR EXPORT TO HIS FORIGN BUSINESS PARTNER ABROAD FOR SECURITY REASON. HE INSTRUCTED ME TO PICK UP THE DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE AND GO FOR THE SAKE OF MY LIFE AND THAT I SHOULD LOOK FOR A TRUST WORTHY AND HONEST PERSON WHO WILL HELP ME
TO LIFT THIS MONEY TO A SAFE ACCOUNT ABROAD AFTER ITS
CLEARANCE FROM THE BANK AND SORT FOR A
LUCRATIVE BUSINESS TO INVEST THE MONEY.
PRESENTLY I AM HERE IN ABIDJAN WERE THE FUNDS
IS DEPOSITED AND I HAVE FOUND THE BANK AND
CONFIRMED THE DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE FROM THERE OWN
RECORD BUT I NEED YOUR HELP FIRST TO ACT AS MY FOREIGN PARTNER SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AN ACCOUNT OPEN HERE WHICH WILL BE USED TO TRANSFER THE MONEY TO YOUR ACCOUNT ABRAOD AFTER WE HAVE CLAIMED THE FUNDS OF THE BANK . AND YOU KNOW I CANT KEEP THE MONEY AT HOME HENCE I NEED TO BE SURE OF YOUR COOPERATION BEFORE GOING ANY FURTHER.
I AM PLEADING WITH YOU IN THE NAME OF GOD FOR YOU TO
HELP GET THIS MONEY OUT FROM THE BANK BY
STANDING AS MY LATE FATHER'S BUSINESS PARTNER AND
ARRANGE FOR THE TRANSFER , I HAVE NOT HANDLED SUCH
FUND BEFORE, AT THE END OF THE DAY IT WILL BE FOR OUR
OWN GOOD HENCE MY GREATEST HAPPINESS WILL BE TO BELONG TO A FAMILY ONCE AGAIN.
I AM WRITING TO YOU IN CONFIDENCE THAT YOU WILL NEVER
LET ME DOWN PLEASE DO SOMETHING BECAUSE I AM CONFUSED.
I WILL BE WAITING FOR YOUR MAIL AS SOON AS YOU GET
THIS LETTER. MAY THE PEACE OF GOD BE WITH YOU AMEN.
SINCERELY
PRINCESS AMAKA BELLO
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