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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: "Anthony Johnson" <anthony_johnson04@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 14:02:18 +0000
Subject: From Maureen A. Johnson
Good day
From Mrs. Maureen A. Johnson (Gen.)
Email: maureen_ajohnson@myway.com
Date: 6th of December, 2005
Dear Friend,
I wish the best in life for you and your family, and I hope you will receive
this mail in good spirit and respond quickly with utmost secrecy and
confidentiality, My husband got your address through professional
relationship in discharging his duties for our government. My name is Mrs.
Maureen Anthony Johnson , and my husband was the chief of security and
operations for former president Charles Taylor of Liberia.
Please I humbly beg you from the bottom of my heart to listen very
carefully, the situation in my country is very critical and chaos, uproar
and hostilities had brought the country to its knees and from intelligent
report the center cannot hold anymore for former president Charles Taylor
and his government and a new Government is likely take over soon.
The intense pressure from united states, united nations, international
community and west African peace keeping to[ECOMOG] had made him [former
president Charles Taylor] to step aside and gone on exile and also pressure
to face war crime charges against humanity. Listen very carefully, you know
my country Liberia is very rich with diamonds, and with husband position as
former chief of security and operations he was able to accumulate so much
diamonds which he had sold to generate close to $12 Million over the years
and it is this fund that I want to move to you for safe keeping.
The fund is in two boxes in dollar denomination and presently in a safe
security vault in Europe and our arrangement is to deliver the boxes to you
through diplomatic courier service with your name as the beneficiary within
few days. Please would you do me a favor to receive this fund for me? Else
the government in power will seize the fund and plunder it.
If you are capable and know that you will truly and honestly help me, write
me now, time is no more on my side as myself and my Husband are in Japan and
still in hiding.
We will give you 30% of the fund and I will come to your country to take my
part. Extend a friendly hand and help Us.
Please bear in mind that this fund is not a looted or stolen money but
rather a hard earned money generated.
Pls. if you are willing to help kindly forward to me your responds to this
emails address: (maureen_ajohnson@myway.com) with the following details
about you:
1. Your full names
2. Preamble about yourself (marital status, occupation)
3. Telephone and Fax numbers
We urgently await your reply
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Maureen A. Johnson (Gen.)
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