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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: williams akrika <williams98akrika@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 08:59:55 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE
Please I am Mr. williams .a. akrika, the only son of late chief Demian akrika from Sierra Leone. I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to seek your assistance to transfer our cash of Twenty-eight milliom dollars united states dollars USD$ 28.M now in the custody of a BANK here in Accra Ghana West Africa to your private account pending our rival to your country. SOURCE OF THE MONEY, My late father, chief Demian akrika, 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 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 rebel!
s. My
father had already made arrangement for his family, my mother, my little sister and myself to be evacuated to Accra Ghana with our personal effects and the box containing the fund. 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 in November 2002 because of his relationship with the civilian Government of Ahmed Tejan Kabbah. As a result of my father death, and with the news of my uncles involvement in air crash in January, dashed our hope of survival. The untimely deaths caused my mothers 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. Now my
16-year-old sister (Anita) and I are alone in this strange country suffering without any care or help. With out any relation, we are now like refugee sand orphans. Our only hope now is in the fund our father deposited in the BANK here, to this effect, I humbly solicit your assistance in the followings ways. To assist me claim this fund from the BANK as co-beneficiary. To transfer this money in your name to your country. To make a good arrangement for a joint business investment on our behalf in your country and you, the caretaker. To secure a college for my little sister and my self in your country to further our education. And to make arrangement for our travel with you to your country after you have transferred this fund. Most importantly. The whole documents issued after deposit is in my custody. For your assistance, I beg to concede 5 % of the total sum to you for your efforts in assisting us. williams .a. akrika
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