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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: "Miss Patience and brother Karmil Akunji." <patnji10@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: patnji15@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:07:48 +0000
Subject: YOU ARE OUR ONLY HOPE?
Good Day,
I am writting this letter with due respect and heartful of tears since we have not known or met ourselves previously, Am Miss Patience and my young brother Karmil,and my father is Theodore Akunji from the republic of ivory coast, am 28 years old single and I got your contact from the internet during my search for a reliable foriegn partner who can assist me and my brother May God bless you in abundance as you read this my heart-meaningful letter with rapt attention and understanding. i would appreciate it if you could go through this proposal and think very well about it before contacting me, hence i would want you to assist us with good mind and sincerelity.
I'm a daugther to Mr Theodore Akunji of the senior officials of the Rebel Movement New Force (R.M.N.F) of Ivory Coast.But presently in dakar-senegal for some time now but due to our condition we haven't been able to contact anyone since then and we now contacting you to stand for us in the calim of the deposit.
In brief,we have the sum of ($9.5 Million U.S Dollars) been deposited on my brother’s name in a security company by my father before he died a year and some months ago,which we want to invest in foriegn country.
These money was realised from Diamond sales and it was kept under our father's office care as a commander in his Area which is (AREA F) that controls any financial issue in (R.M.N.F). So because of the condition in my country, I've not got the chance to go to Dakar-Senegal where these fund is deposited in Security Company Vault.
But we've suceeded now with the very help of God and want to transfer these fund immediately for investment purpose.
Therefore,we highly need your urgent assistance both in transferring this fund to your country and investing it in any profitable business as we confide in you hoping you will never betray us at last. And we will offer you 25% of the total amount for all your assistance Looking forward to hearing from you soonest. this is another email: patnji50@yahoo.com <mailto:patnji50@yahoo.com>
>From Miss Patience and brother Karmil Akunji.
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