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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: jamesisilu@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 12:24:50 +0200
Subject: i need your help
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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