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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: "Alex Galadima" <alex_galadima1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: alex_galadima@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 07:30:38 +0000
Subject: From: Alex Galadima.
From: Alex Galadima.
Abidjan Cote D’ivoire
Home address 275 Abobo.
Good Day,
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship
with you. i got your contact from a computerize data following my effort
searching for a trustworthy person to assist me.
I am Alex Galadima, the only son of late Dr and Mrs Simon Galadima, I am
here because of the money my late father deposited here.my father was a
very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast
before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their
outing to discuss on a business deal.
Before the death of my father,He secretly called me on his bedside and told
me that he has a sum of $18,500.000 (Eighteen million five hundred thousand
united states dollar)deposited in a bank here on his name.
He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth and some huge
amount of money his business associates supposed to balance him from the
deal they had that he was poisoned by his business associates, that we
should seek for a good God fearing foreign partner in a country of our
choice who can assist me in claiming this fund from the bank for me for
investment purposes and use it for investment (such as real estate
management).
We are honourably seeking your assistance in the following way.
1)To assist me claim this fund from the BANK as the foreign partner of my
late father.
2)To transfer this money in your name to your country.
3)To make a good arrangement for a joint business investment on my behalf in
your country and you, the care taker.
4)To secure a college for me in your country to further my education. And to
make arrangement for my travel toyour country after you have transferred
this fund.
Most importantly. Moreover , I am are willing to offer you some ammount of
the total sum(percentage) as compensation for your effort input after the
successful transfer of this fund to your designated account in your country.
Awaits to hear from you soon.
May God bless you.
Yours
Alex Galadima.
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