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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: "Jean Kone" <jean_kone2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jeankone0@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:55:01 +0000
Subject: FROM JEAN URGENT PLEASE
from Jean kone
republic of Liberia in West Africa ,
Dear,
I want to let you know that my father was poisoned by his business
associates while my mother died when i am little and my father took me so
special because I am his only son. before the death of my father on 19
september 2003, in a
hospital here in cote d'ivoire, he secretly told me that he has the sum of
(USD $
5,000,000,MILLION U.S DOLLARS ) which he deposited in a bank here in Cote
D'ivoire. he made
this money from the
sales of Gold,
He also told me that it was because of this money he was poisoned by his
business patners while on a business trip with them and he instructed me
to look for a foreign partner who will help me transfer this money out of
republic of Cote Divoire and invest it for me, my purpose of contacting
you is for you to help transfer this money to your country before this
people
who kill my father will kill me ,
this people who kill my father are after my life and they want to kill me
and collect the this money from me , that is why I'm now hiding my self
here in republic of Cote Divoire so that they will not see me, please i
need your urgent help, Tell me how much percentage you will take in the
total money of the $ 5,000,0000, Million Dolars to help me in transfering
this
money to your account. but you have to assure me that you will help me fully
to transfer
the
money to your account ,
l hope you will not betray the trust i have on you
because this money is my only hope in this life ,and moreover you will
also help me to come over to your country were i will settel down for my
life
and invest this money for me.
i can assure you there is No Risk involve the money is an inheritance from
my late father, my private email contact jeankone0@yahoo.com
I am waiting to hear from you,
jean Kone,
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