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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: "MRS JOY KOBE" <kobe048@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: kobejj00@yahoo.it
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 01:05:59 +0000
Subject: please help me out.
please help me out.
Dear One,
This business proposal to you is strictly confidential, with due
respect. Sorry at this perceived confusion or stress you may have
receivingthis letter from me, Since we have not known ourselves or
met previously.
Despite that, I am constrained to write you this letter because of the
urgency of it.By way of self introduction, I am Mrs. Joy Kobe,
the wife of late Brigadier - Gen.Maxwell Kobe formal director general in
charge of the National sales of diamonds(DIAMOND RESERVE) Who
died in the Sierra Leone civil disturbance [War].
My three daughters , my step son and I are trapped in obnoxious custom
and traditional norms.We have suffered maltreatment and untold hardship
in the hands of my late husband's family, simply because I did not bear
a male child [heir apparent] for my late husband. By tradition, all that my
late husband had, [wealth] belongs to his brothers/family. And myself is to
be remarried by his immediate younger brother which I vehemently refused.
They have taken all that I suffered with my husband to acquire including
treasures, houses and his bank particularseized by them. I wanted to
escape to the United Stateof America [USA} with my children on exile, but
again they conspired and stole my international passport and other traveling
document to further frustrate me. Thank God, two weeks ago, my late husband
lawyer received Key Text Code [KTC} from a Security & Finance Company
abroad, that my late husband deposited of U.S $13.4
MILLION USD (THIRTEEN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS IN CASH), with this company.
It has therefore, become very necessary and urgent to contact someone,
a foreigner like you to help me receive/secure these consingnment overseas
after the consignment has been claim from the secuirity you can shall assist
me
to place the funds in a reliable bank Account (presumably an empty Bank
Account, if available) and to help invest it on our behalf as well, while we
find a
way of getting out to meet with you in your country.
These consignment are kept on an "OPEN BENEFICIARY MANDATE"with the
Security Company to avoid detection, seizure or diversion. my late husband
attorney have had several telephone discussions with the Assistant Director
of
the security company, who has express willingness to help me on meeting the
company's demands. This is why I have contacted you to help save my
children and I, receive these consignment on our behalf. But, you would need
to
give me sufficient assurance that if you help me, you wouldnot divert the
funds.
My children and I have resolvedto give you 20% of the total sum. This
is all mychildren and I have got to live on.Please, I have reposed my
confidence in you and hopeyou will not disappoint me. I look forward to
yoururgent response, including your private phone / mobileNo and also your
fax
no for easier communication.
Stay blessed.
Mrs.Joy Kobe.
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