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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: benson acka <ackabenson1@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 03:21:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: With trust
Dearest One,
I write to intimate you of a matter that requires an urgent attention. But briefly, I am Mr Benson Acka, the only son of late Eng.Desmond Acka who was the chairman/CEO of the Sierra-Leone national Gold & Diamond Mining Corporation until his death.
It is my pleasure communicating with you for the first time and believing that it will lead to a better relationship between us. I also hope you will not impede this trust and confidence I repose in you.
I send this letter from Abidjan in Cote D'Ivoire where I have an official refugee status after leaving my country due to an event that took place on November 2003 which led to the arrest and detention of my father and six other men after a face off with the Sierra-Leone government on allegation of subversive activities and treasonable offences which was nothing but a mere political persecution.
After five months in the military detention camp my father was announced dead by the government special press release. Though I do not know to what extent you are familiar with the event and crisis in Sierra-Leone, however during the disturbance and prior to my father's death he gave me all the documents for the secret deposit he made in a security company in Abidjan.
The deposit is (US$6,500.000 )Six Million five hundred thousand united state dollars only,My late father told me that he made the deposit in one trunk box(cash)and he used my name as the beneficiary of the deposit, he also told me that he did not disclose the real content of the box to the security company officials as this was deposited as containing family valuables(for security reasons)
However I have gone to the security company to confirm the deposit and establish ownership, please I need your assistance urgently in moving this fund to your country or elsewhere for onward investment, when the fund is properly secured we will jointly invest in any business you consider profitable.
I will be glad for your resolved assistance, I will kindly appreciate if we can talk and emerge words with action. With all honesty to the stated data in my message,I assure you of the genuity of this proposal. I will particularly be happy if you can handle this transaction in the most confidential manner since the rest of my life solely depends on this fund that is still with the security company.
It is the fear of betrayal from anyone around me here in Africa,that confirms my decision to contact a neutral individual like you, and I want you to educate me on investment potential/opportunity in your country since I would not like to invest or stay in any of the African country,except otherwise.
I will not hesitate to offer you 20% for your noble assistance,as you are free to negociate of the sutable percentage that you will accept out of the total sum for your assistance. So if this offer is acceptable by you,then feel free to contact me immediately with the above email for clarification or any futher information you wish to know before we can proceed.
Thanking you while waiting to hear from you and may
God bless you as you assist me.
Sincerely
Benson Acka
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