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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: charles2005 adamas <charles_a35@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 03:14:07 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM CHARLES ADAMS
My name is CHARLES ADAMS, the SON of .Mr Mustafa ADAMS Zimbabwe.
I got your contact address in my quest for a capable and reliable individual and firm that will assist me secure my inheritance.
During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms to his party members and his followers, he ordered all white farmers to surrender all their farms to his party members and his followers.
My late farther was a very influential and high profile chief in my country and because he did not support Mugabe's ideas, Mugabe's supporters invaded my farther's estate and burnt everything in the estate, killing my farther and made away with a lot of items in my farther's property.
Before his death, my farther had deposited with a bank, with the help of an American friend of his, on a missionary work to Africa, the sum of US$10 Million (Ten Million United States Dollars). Proceeds from a private diamond mine of our family.
After the death of my farther, we decided to move to the Republic of ABIDJAN where he had deposited the money in the bank headquaters as family valuables. He had informed the bank that his foreign partner will come for the collection.
My farther friend who would have helped us unfortunately died in the september 11 bomb attack on the world trade centre in New York.
So I decided to contact you so that you will assist me to move this money out of the bank because as asylum seekers and presently on refugee status, we are not allowed to operate any bank account .
We have agreed to offer you 25% of the total sum for your assistance, 5% will be mapped out for any expenses that may be incurred in the course of this transaction and 70% will be for our family to invest in your country.
Please dear, this is the reason I am contacting you as to play the role of my farther foreign partner. Help me I will never forget you as long as this life is concerned. I and my only sisther joy has sufferred a lot while his father had such amount of money .
Since I got this address, its true that I did not know you in person, I don't know why I have such interest in you. I still thank God because I will like to have you as my ever partner in life, when I come to your country to invest.
I CHARLES, have much to discuss with you but it will be when I get your responce. All I want you to do is to furnish me with your personal phone and fax numbers for easy communication. reply me on this address for more details and modalities of this business.
Thanks and God bless
CHARLES ADAMS
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