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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: "Mary Green" <mary_green2005@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 02:39:27 -0500
Subject: REPLY IMMEDIATELY
Daer Friend,
Permit me to inform you of my desire to do business with you with my money
in your country.I am a 32 year old business woman from Sierra Loene in west
Africa.I elate to inform you that I inherited a total sum of $22 million Us
dollars (twenty two million dollars) from my late husband chief John Green,
a gold and diamond dealer who was murdered early last year by the former
Liberian president Mr Charles Taylor over the dispute in their diamond and
gold deal.
This money which is concealled in a computerised suitcase is deposited in a
safe deposit company here in Cotonou, Republic of Benin where I am
presently taking refuge with my two kids as family treasure not money for
security reason.That is to say that the deposit company does not know that
the suitcase contain money.This was done under a high powered government
conection because the president of this country Mr Mathieu kerekou is a
family friend.
your assistance is now sought in the transfer of this money to you country
for investment into any lucrative business of your choice.By this mail, you
are requested to visit me here for familiarisation and to enable us arrange
on how to get this suitcase out from the deposit company and transfer this
money into your account in your country after which I will go back with
you.But if you can not come down here, the director of the deposit company
can arrange and bring it to you in your country under their diplomatic
coverage system just the same way it was brought from my country to this
place.You will be required to send me your pic to enable me know the person
that I am dealing with.I will send mine soon after repairing my scan machine
which is now faulty.You will also be required to send to my lawyer, a copy
of your international passport or company registration certificate if any to
enable him prepare an agreement for us. For rendering this service, you will
be highly compensated, a situation that will be discussed later.
I want you to take this transaction very serious because it will benefit
you.I will later tell you why I reposed this trust and confidence in you, a
person I have not met before. we must act fast because it cost me $100 daily
as demurage to the deposit company keeping this suitcase and the earlier we
remove it from there the better for us. This is not scam please.I know about
scam because my late husband was a victim before his death.Looking forward
to your reply through this my private emil:mary_green2007@yahoo.fr God
bless.
Sincerely yours,
Mary Green.
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