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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: carolyne jones <carol_552003@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 10:52:51 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CRYING FOR HELP
>From Mrs Carolyn Jones.
Dearest One ,
This mail will definitely be coming to you as a surprise, but i must crave your indulgence to introduce myself to you.I do not wish to take your time with a lenghty mail, but i have to put this proposal to you so that you can assist me.
I am Mrs Carolyn, I am a philipines by birth and I married to Mr. Alexandre Jones, an ivorian in nationality ,he was a assistant maneger to ivory coast cocoa shipment group (ICCS) before his death in ivory coast, he made a deposit in my name to a security firm in ivory coast, which has an affiliate branch in europe.
This deposit was made in my name and the secret code is with me aswell and this money was kept in a metalic trunk box and deposited in a safety Company of finances here in the ivory coast. Because of the instruction that fixed before the Deposit, the cerficate of deposit will be present to the company in the day which i wish to recover the metalic trunk box . This for a maximum Safety. And the content is a considerable amount of money in United state dollars which i cannot disclose to you for security purposes, until you have confirmed your willingness to assist me. Meanwhile the company does not know the content of the trunk box as money because it was deposited as a family valuables.
I would be pleased and grateful if you could assist me in collecting this consignment on my behalf from the security firm. because since the death of my husband, his Brothers seriously continued trying to remove me so that they can have the documents of His properties. And they have successfully gathered all Its properties, including all the bank accounts of my Late husband. But they are not aware of this particular trunk box which was deposited with this company, because it is my Future and my life . The family of my late husband does not know the secret existence of this deposit which my husband made with the company and the will never know it .
Dearest, the situation has becomes unbeariable for me that i wanted to leave ivory coast as soon as possible,I decided to find a Person worthy of confidence which could help me to recover this money . I am a widow and also the only person that remain in my family in philippines. upon which i will be offering you a percentage for your efforts.
I have to stop here now. Your response will determine our subsequent corresspondence.once i receive your mail i will give you the contact of the company for you to call them And you will give them your residence address so that they will make arrangement immediately to send the trunk box to you in your destination. I will send the Certificate of deposit as agreed with the company at the day of deposit . I Give you all this information for your whole Co-operation.
Thanks as I wait for your favourable respose .
Yours sincerely ,
Mrs Carolyn Jones.
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