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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: "BETTO DELVA" <betto_delva@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 16:17:34 +0000
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED - REPLY ME IMMEDIATELY
Dear ,
This letter might come as a surpise to you. Especially since we have never
met or discussed before. Basically the message might sound strange ,
but it is factual in reality if only you care to know and participate.
The truth is that I should have notified you first through a more confidential
means, (even if it’s at least to respect your integrity) please accept my
humble apology if I had caught you unwares, I franckly do not mean any
harm in passing my goodwill message. My Name is Mr Betto Delva ,
I and my group we are members of the Special Committee for Budget and
Planning of the Ministry of Works and Housing. This Committee is principally
concerned with contract appraisal and the approval of contract in order of
priorities as regards capital projects of the government of Côte d’Ivoire.
With our positions we have successfully secured for ourselves the sum of
Fifteen Million, Five-Hunderd-Thousands Dollars(US$15.5M). This amount
was accumulated from the over invoiced of duly executed contract. Hence,
together with some of the top officials of the M.W.H-CI and the Minsitry of
Finance. We plan to transfer this amount of money Fifteen Million,
Five-Hunderd- Thousands Dollars( US$15.5M), into your overseas account
by awarding a non existing contract from my Minstry (FMWH). To this effect,
I decided to contact you and ask for your assistance. What we need from you
Sir, is to provide a very good account in which the funds will be transferred.
My colleagues and I have agreed to compensate the owner of the account
used for the transaction with 25% of the total amount; 70% will be for our
side while the remaining 5% reserved for taxes and other miscallenous
expenses. It may interest you to know that last two years a similar transaction
was carried out with one Mr Patrice Miller, the President of Craine
International Trade Corporation at Number 135 Esat 57’’ Street, 28th floor,
New York 10022 with telephone number(212)308-7788 and telex number
6731689. After the agreement between both parties in which he was to take
10% of the money while the remaining 90% for us with all requeired
documents signed the money was duly transferred into his account only to
be disappointed on our arrival in New York where we were reliably informed
that Mr Patrice Miller was no longer on that Address, while his telephone and
telex numbers have been re-allocated to somebody else. That was how we
lost US$12M to Mr Patrice Miller. Finally, the confidence and trust reposed
on you cannot be over emphasised. Therefore, you are to keep this deal to
yourself confidentially Those of us involved are top officers in the
Government and so we need to treat this transaction a Top Secret for our
protection and for the interest and smooth success of all. Contact me
urgently through E-mail : betto_delva@yahoo.com with your details information .
Yours faithfully
Mr Betto DELVA
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