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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: "Mr. Mouhamed Sow." <mouh_sow5@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mouh_sow1@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:01:40 +0100
Subject: Please I Need Your Help From Mouhamed.
My Dear,
Good day to you, I hope fine, dear am writing this mail with due respect and heartful of tears since we have not known or met ourselves previously I am asking for your assistance,i have gone through your profile and will be very glad if you can render me assistance to my situation now.
I will make my proposal well known if I am given the opportunity. I would like to use this opportunity to introduce my self to you. I am Mouhamed Sow, A 19 years old young man from Burkina faso, West Africa, the only Son of Late Dr. Mahmood Abdallah Sow.
My father was posioned to death by his business associates because of the money in the bussiness they do, his wealth and during my fathers sickness he called me on his sick bed as his only Son because my mother died when am young and told me about the money he deposited in a bank , that it was because of this money he was posioned that if he dies i shall look for some one whom i trust to help me transfer this money to his account for investment purpose in abroad while i will continue my education then the person will be managing the investment.
This money is Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars ($20.500.000) which was deposited some years ago by my late father he made me the sole beneficiary/next of kin to the money. I am now asking you to stand on my behalf to make this claim from the holding Bank, I am a young man and too young in age i can't handle this can of transaction, i want you to stand as my foreign partner oversea and also to help me investment the money. I will give you details about the deposit as you respond to my request. I have all original copies of the documents concerning this money, is with me here.
Dear am solicating your assistance to help me transfer this money from the holding Bank to your account. while i will come to meet you to continue my education in your country.My Dear am looking forward to hear from you so that we can discuss on what will be your compersation for this assistace.
Please help me accord this transaction with the due confidentiality it demands. I appreciate it if you will respond to me as soon as possible.I will send you my Identification in my subsequent mail upon hearing from you. This transaction will bring us into an everlasting relationship rooted on truth and fear of Allah.
Please reply me directely on this my private mail box for more detail
May Allah Bless You ,while expecting your immediate response.
Kind regards,
Ishalla, Asala'am Alaikum,
Mouhamed Sow.
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