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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: jean_kone03@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 13:45:38 +0000
Subject: FROM JEAN URGENT PLEASE
from Jean kone
republic of Liberia in West Africa ,
Dear,
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into a business relationship
with you.i know you might be surprised on receiving this mail deu to we have
not met before.is some body who knows you and trusth you and personal tell
me that you are truth worthy
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 jean_kone03@yahoo.com
kingly forward your real name,
1,Your private telephone number with your country code,
2,And your fax number.
I am waiting to hear from you,
jean kone,
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