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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: johndavid05@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:06:24 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FOR=20PURPOSE?=
FROM: JOHN DAVID
EMAIL:john_david050@yahoo.com
Dear one,
Before reading my proposal, please note that the transaction is serious
and its of genuine intention.
This transaction is about cash, and it's in the amount of Ten Million
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (USD$10 500.000.00).
I implore you to excuse us of any embarrassment this letter might cause
you, as we have not met before.
I am MR.JOHN DAVID from Sierra Leone. Before l didn't have any problem,
until l lost my father two years ago. He was a big time diamond dealer,
his
business was flourishing until the United Nation
placed embargo on diamonds from West Africa. When the embargo was
enforced, my father started having problems with bank transactions in
respect
of
making deposits and receiving payments for diamonds purchased by his
customers. Because of the problem he started storing cash in the house.
One
morning, he left as usual with his men to the diamond mining area of
Sierra
Leone.
While there,they were attacked by rebels; during the attack, my father
was
shot.
He did not die, he was rushed to the hospital where the bullets were
removed.
My dad returned home after a few days feeling well and okay.
But two months later, my father became sick. His situation deteriorated
so much that he couldn't carry on with his work anymore. One day,
he told me to prepare myself that we
have to travel to Europe, that he has to deposit the money (USD$10 500.
000.00)
in a Security Company in Europe for safe keeping. We then arranged for
a
quick travel.
The money was arranged in a trunk box and shipped to Europe by
diplomatic means.
At the Security Company in Europe, my father deposited the trunk box as
a bonded shipment and he declared it as family treasures. My father
made me the
beneficiary of the deposit.
Not too long we returned from Europe, my father died. After the burial
rights, my late father's brothers
came to the house accusing my mother of masterminding my father's death
in order to inherit his wealth.With this accusation, they drove my
mother
and her children (my sister and l) away from the house. They did not
allow us
take anything out of the house. We then went to my mother's family
house to
live there. My mother went through every day in sorrow, little did we
know
that she could take her own life.
We returned to the house one day to meet her on the ground dead; she
committed suicide. It was really painful. After this period, things
became very
difficult for us, and with the on going war, we had to travel to Ivory
Coast as
refugees.
We have since been in Ivory Coast on refugee status.
I am writing you to please see how possible it is for you to assist
claim the box from the security company in Europe. We really have to
get out of
this financial crises. I and my sister needs the money to live a better
life. If you would help us, please contact me sending me a mail.
Please note that in my frustration, l contacted two refugee friends of
mine to assist me in looking for a
partner that could help me claim the box from Europe.So in case you get
contacted by somebody else in this
regard, please know that its one of my friends, and kindly disregard
the
contact. As l have decided to do it myself for privacy sake.
Thank you and God bless.
JOHN DAVID
NB:PLEASE WRITE ME THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS:john_david050@yahoo.com
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