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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: "tony nkosi" <tonynkosi@forhumanitysake.com>
Reply-To: to_nkosi@myway.com
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:07:51 +0000
Subject: YOU WILL BE REWARDED/COMPENSATED.
Dear Friend,
I am TONY NKOSI, the first son of late chief JOSEPH NKOSI, from mende
district in Sierra Leone.I got your Contact through the world
online\internet network.My source of your contact gave me the courage and
Confidence to contact you about this very delicate matter.
I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to Seek your assistance to
transfer our cash of twenty One million eight hundred thousand dollars
($21,800,000) now deposited in a suspence account of a holding company to
your account
SOURCE OF THE MONEY:
My late father, Chief JOSEPH NKOSI, a native of mende district in the
Northern province of Sierra Leone, was the general Manager of The National
Mining Co-operation (N.M.C.) Freetown. According to my father.
This money was the income accrued from mining Co-operations over draft and
minor sales. Before the peak of the civil war between the rebels forces of
major Paul Koroma and the combined forces of ECOMOG peace keeping operation
that almost destroyed my country, following the forceful removal from power
of the Civilian Elected President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah by the rebels.
My father had already made arrangement for his family (my mother, my younger
sister and myself) to be evacuated to a neighbouring West African country,
with our personal effects .My father deposited the money in the account of
the holding company for the safe custody until after the war when he will
join us.
During the war in my country, and following the indiscriminate looting of
public and Government properties by the rebel forces, the mining coop. Was
one of the targets looted and destroyed.
My father including other top Government functionaries Were attacked and
killed by the rebels because of his relationship with the civilian
Government of Ahmed Tejan Kabbah.As a result of my father death, and with
the news of my uncles involvement in an air crash in January our hope of
survival was completely dashed.
The untimely deaths caused my mother heart failure and other related
complications of which she has been suffering fom all these years.She died
in the hospital just after we have spent a lot of money on her.
Now my younger sister and myself(I am 26 and she is 18) are alone in this
strange country suffering without any care or help.Without any relatives, we
are now like refugees and orphans. Our only hope now is in you and the money
deposited in the BANK.We can?t go back to Sierra Leone even after peace
have been restored because We don?t know what will happen to us as its the
murderers that are now in power.
To this effect, I humbly solicit your assistance in the following ways:
-To assist me transfer this money from the holdng company's account to your
private account
-To make a good arrangement for a joint business Investment on our behalf in
your country and you,the caretaker.
-To secure a college for my younger sister and myself in your country to
further our education.
-And to make arrangement for our travel with you to Your country after you
have transferred this fund.
Most importantly, the whole documents issued to my late father after deposit
in the holding company are all in my custody.
Please I am waiting for your urgent response on this matter as its then I'll
let you know me and my sister's location and the contact details of the
holding company.
All i need you to send in your accpetance reply/response is your personal
data/details,this is required to begin the process of getting the funds to
you.So please send your data/details in your urgent reply.
Expecting to hear from you
Thanks,
TONY NKOSI (for the family).
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