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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: paul lucas <paul_lucas_03@yahoo.dk>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 16:33:47 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Your Urgent Assistance is Needed
Paul Lucas,
Abidjan Cote d'ivoire.
West Africa.
I am Mr. Paul makabo Lucas and my sister is Miss Rose makabo Lucas , we
are the children of late Chief domas makabo Lucas from Sierra Leone.
I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to seek your
assistance to transfer our cash of Twenty two Million Dollars ($22 000.000.00)now in the custody of a private Security trust firm in Europe the money is in trunk boxes deposited and declared as family valuables by my latefather as a matter of fact the company does not know the content as
money, although my father made them to under stand that the boxes
belongs to his foreign partner.
Source of the money:
My late father Chief Domas makabo Lucas a native of Konol District in the
Northerh province of Sierra Leone, was the General Manager of Sierra
Leone Mining co-operation (S.L.M.C.) Freetown . According to my father,
this money was the income accrued from Mining Co-operation's over draft
and minor sales.
Before the peak of the civil war between the rebels forces of Major Paul
Koroma and the combined forces of ECOMOG peace keeping operation that
almost destroyed my country, following the forceful removal from power
of the civilian elected President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah by the rebels. My
father had already made arrangement for us that is my mother, my little
sister and myself to be evacuated to Abidjan Cote d' Ivoire with the
CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT issued to him by a security firm in Europe.
During the war in my country,and following the indiscriminate looting of
Public and Government properties by the rebel forces, the Sierra Leone
mining coop. Was one of the target looted and it was destroyed.
My father including other top Government functionaries were attaked and
killed by the rebels in November 2000 because of his relationship with
the civilian Government of Ahmed Tejan Kabbah.
The untimely deaths caused my mother's heart failure and other related
complications of which she later died in the hospital after we must have
spent a lot of money on her early this year. Now my 19 years old sister
and myself are alone in this strange country suffering without any care
or help. Without any relation, we are now like refugees and orphans.
Our only hope now is in you and the boxes deposited in the Security
Firm. To this effect,I humbly solicit your assistance in the followings
ways.
1. To assist me claim this boxes from the security Firm as our
beneficiary.
2. To transfer this money (USD$22.M) in your name to your country.
3. To make a good arrangement for a joint business investment on our
behalf in your country and you, our Adviser/ Manager For your
assistance,
I have agreed with my younger sister that 10% of the total amount will
be for your effort and another 5 % to cover all the expenses that may
incur during the business transaction.
Last,I urge you to keep this transaction strictly confidential as no one
knows our where about.
Please as you show your willingness, Forward to us your full name,
address and Tel/Fax numbers, to me via my private e-mail address as
indicated below,this is for security reasons as I will only be accessing
my private e-mail earnestly awaiting your response.
Thanks.
May God bless you as you assist us.
Mr. Paul makabo Lucas.
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