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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: "james ibe" <iii_iii_bb@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:03:27 +0200
Subject: God be with you and your families
Dear Sir / Madam,
Please I am Mr. James Ibe, the only son of late chief Omega Ibe from Sierra
Leone. I got your contact from the Information Center in South Africa. My
sources of your contact gave me the courage and confidence to rely on you. I
am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to seek your assistance to
transfer our funds of forty million United States dollars ($40,000,000.00)
now in the custody of a bank here in South Africa to your private account as
our late father's business partner.
SOURCE OF THE MONEY:
My late father, chief Omega Ibe, a native of Mende district in the Northern
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 John Kone 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 his family, my mother, my little
sister and myself to be evacuated to South Africa with our personal effects
and the box containing items. My father deposited the fund for the safe
custody until after the war when he will join us. 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
targets looted and destroyed. My father including other top Government
functionaries were attacked and killed by the rebels because of his
relationship with the civilian Government of Ahmed Tejan Kabbah. As a result
of my father's death, and with the news of my uncles involvement in air
crash in July, dashed our hope of survival.
The untimely deaths caused my mothers heart failure and other related
complications of which she is still recovering slowly in the hospital after
we must have spent a lot of money on her. Now my 17-year-old sister, my
mother and myself are alone in this strange country suffering without any
care or help without any relation and we ended up seeking for an asylum
(refugee status} Our only hope now is in the funds our late father deposited
in the Bank.
To this effect, I humbly solicit your assistance in the followings ways,
(1) To assist me claim this fund from the Bank as co-beneficiary.
(2) To transfer this money in your name to your country.
(3) To make a good arrangement for a joint business investment on our behalf
in your country and under your good directives as the caretaker.
(4) To secure a college for my little sister in your country to further her
education. And to make arrangement for our travel with you to your country
after we have transferred the funds.
Note: All the documents issued upon the deposit of the funds are in my
custody. For your assistance I beg to concede 20 % of this money to you for
your effort and kind assistance. Honestly this transaction is 100% risk free
and most is treated seriously/ confidentially for security reasons.
Please include your telephone and fax numbers for easy communications and to
enable me forward all the important documents that back up this transaction
if necessary. I advise that you respond to by email or telephone call.
jamesisilu@hotmail.com
Thanks and God bless.
MR JAMES IBE.
+27 83 964 3540.
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