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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: "VIVAN GBAGBO" <viv@msn.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: realvivan@yahoo.co.in
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:16:22 +0000
Subject: LET YOUR LIFE BE A BLESSING AND SUPPORT TO THE NEEDY ONCE!!
Dear lovely one,
I hope this mail we meet you in good Health and
happiness. I am 22 years old lady now, i was born on
the 1 of january 1984.to the family of gbagbo.and my
father name is Johnson he is a very wealthy gold and
cocoa merchant who based in ACCRA and ABIDJAN
respectively, and my mothers name is Sheila.and I am
there only child.well when i was a kid i went to a private
schools and things were going on well for me and my
parents till when i was in high school when my mother
died on the 21ST october 1994 , My father took me
so special because i am motherless. and he shower all
his love on me and promised me that he will never have
another woman because he did not want me for any
problem.but Since my father dead last year i fine it had
to live in Abijan because of some of his business
partner that wsa after my life that was why i fund my
way to senegal and before the death of my father on
the 12th December 2004 in a private hospital in
Abidjan. He called me secretly to his bed side and told
me that he kept a sumof $10.500 000
(ten million five hundred thousand united states dollars)
in a bank in Senegal mean while that he used my name
as the beneficiary of the deposited fund.He also
explained to me that it was because of this money he
was poisoned by his business partner and that i should
seek for foreign partner in a country of my choice where
i would transfer this money and use it for investment
purpose, such as;real estate investment or stock market
investment.And rigth now i am in senegal to secure my
life. Plesae, i am honourably soliciting your kind
assistance as follows.
1) To provide a bank account where this money will be
transfered into. 2)
To serve as the guardian of these fund ,
since i am 22years old.
3)To make arrangement for me in your country to
continue my educational career and to procure me a
residential permit in your country. I am inclined to
offer you 15% of the total sum as a mode of
compensation for your effort after the successful
transfering of these fund to your nominated account
overseas.Please i will be very happy if this transaction
will be concluded with in seven
(7) working days from now
I am expecting to hear from you as soon as possible.
May Almighty God bless you as you do care for me
Amen.
Best regard Vivan Gbagbo
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