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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: "Miss. Fatima" <fatima_musa002@msn.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:18:46 +0000
Subject: Dearest One.
From: Fatima Musa
fatima_musa002@msn.com
Dearest One,
Hello!!! my name is Miss. Fatima Musa; I want to use this means to contact you in respect of my late father's consignment deposited with one good depository here in Cote d'Ivoire and has it agency in Europe. Presently, this money is still with the depository private security company here in cote d’ Ivoire, My father was the director of cocoa farmers association in my country and he was into cocoa business as well, My Father deposited some amount of money ($17.5million) inside a box and deposited it as a consignment with a private security company This was because of the war in my country and this was the only means and way which my father could possibly move out this money from our country because of the political war.
My father used his position to deposit this consignment through a diplomatic means to the security company's that has his affiliat office in Europe, My father had the intention to travel over to the security company's vault office in Europe to claim and retrieve back this consignment and use the money for an overseas investment, Before he was killed, as a result of the political war in my country which i believe that you must have heard about it, since then i am left alone as an orphan having lost my father and other members of my family that is why i have decided to contact you to seek for your total help and assistance in retrieving this consignment since due to my age as a girl and coupled with my present situation; i want you to help me to claim and retrieve this consignment and have the money invested in your country and as well help me to relocate to your country to start my life again and as well to conclude my education
I am willing to offer you 20% of the money inside the consignment as soon as it is claimed and retrieved from the vault of the security company, as soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the security company. I will also issue you a letter of authority that will empower you as the new beneficiary of this fund and i want you to know that this is the only inheritance which my father left for me now and it is the only hope that i have to start my life again therefore i will highly need your total consent in this matter.
I am waiting for your soonest reply and i will tell you more about this matter May God bless you as you consider to help and assist me an orphan towards this matter Pls For Privacy Contact me at my email id (fatima_musa002@msn.com)
Yours orphan in need.
Fatima.
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