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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: "mammot yaro" <mammotyaro006@msn.com>
Reply-To: mammotyaro005@compaqnet.fr
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:06:38 +0000
Subject: Investment proposal.
Dear,
May I formally introduce myself to you before hand here. I am
Sir Mammot Yaro Guei the only surviving son of Late Gen. Robert
Guei, who was the former military President of my country
Cote D'Ivoire. My late father was murdered on the
18-09-2002. My entire family was almost wiped out of this
surface earth by military coupe d'etat. As his survivors,
we left immediately to a neigbouring country Ghana
where we took decision to take asylum. That is myself and
my kid sister Miss Mary okhira.
I confide in you to disclose my late father's wealth
acquired while in office as the former President of my
country Cote D'lvoire. The sum of $25M.USD (Twenty five
million dollars USD only) deposited as family personal effects into
a security company for safe-keeping.
Proceedures:
1. I will appreciate it if you can help me clear this box from
security company in your name as my beneficiary. I have already taken refuge
in Ghana to avoid persecution back home and also our accounts both
foreign and local have been frozen and property confiscated by the
present government in Abidjan - Cote D'Ivoire. Also, on clearing these
money if you can help me secure visa/passport to enable me move away
from here to anywhere you think is safe, I’m ready to offer you 20% of
the money.
2. I have already made a contact with the security company
abroad, and they confirmed having such deposit under their
custody. Your duty is to assist in receiving the money for urgent
transfer into your account for future investment on my behalf
pending my arrival into your country for permanent resident
3. You are required to send me the followings:
***** Your full name, address and telephone in your reply.
With the above information, I shall give it to our family
lawyer here in Ghana whose duty it is to commence the
procedures for the transfer of right of ownership to
you as my late father's foreign partner for the claims, by
sending you the proof document concerning this deposit.
I therefore advise you to treat this with utmost secrecy
and urgency by reaching me through my email address
hence l am in refugee camp in Ghana.
I am waiting for your urgent response so that I will give you
more details on how to proceed. Every modality on how to
invest this fund must be undertaken by you,
why because, I don't have any knowledge about business,
so I find it difficult to handle such amount of money in any
way.
The present government has no knowledge about this money,
including this country's government (Ghana) where I have taken
refugee.
Yours' Sincerely,
Sir, Mammot Yaro Guei,
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