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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: "sabina salee" <sabina_salee@msn.com>
Reply-To: sabina_salee2@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:21:04 +0000
Subject: From:Miss Sabina
Dearest
I got your contact from the International web site directory. I prayed over
it and selected your name among other names due to it's esteeming nature and
the recommendations given to me as a reputable and trust worthy person I can
do business with and by their recommendations I must not hesitate to confide
in you for this simple and sincere business.
I am Miss Sabina Salee, the only Daughter of late Mr and Mrs Salee Mataruse,
My father was a very wealthy cotton and cocoa merchant in Bindura,the
economic city of Zimbabwe before he was killed to death by his politcal
associates on one of their outing to make political dialog. When my mother
died on the 21st October 1988, my father took me and my younger brother
Herry, special because we are motherless.Before the death of my father on
26th Mar 2000 in a private hospital here in Bindura.
He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has the sum of
$7.5,000.000 (Seven Million, five hundred thousand dollars) left in a
suspense account in a local Bank in Abidjan, the capital of Cote d' Ivories
that he used my name as his first Daughter for the next of kin in deposit of
the fund.
He also explained to me that I should seek for a God fearing foreign person
in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for
investment purpose, (such as real estate management. Sir, we are honorably
seeking your assistance in the following ways.
1) To provide a Bank account where this money would be transferred to.
2) To serve as the guardian of this since I am not upto the age to have
access to this money
Moreover , we are willing to offer you 20% of the sum as compensation for
effort input after the successful transfer of this fund to your designate
account overseas. Please i will appreciate it if you can call me
+225-07-423592 Anticipating to hear from you soon.
Thanks and God Bless.
Best regards.
Miss Sabina Salee
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