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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.Edward Boateng." <ed_boateng@virgilio.it>
Reply-To: email:dwrd_boateng@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 21:36:24 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS INVESTMENT
My name is Mr.Edward Boateng, the son of Chief
Joshua Boateng (the former deputy minister of finance under the ousted
civilian government) who was killed
and mutilated by the military junta
led by Major,Paul Koroma after over-throwing the elected government of
President Tijan Kabba. Though, I do not know to what
extent you are
familiar with events and disturbances in Sierra-Leone but the pressure
of war drove me and my mother out of Sierra-Leone into exile in Spain
where we have been living under political asylum.
Sadly, my mother
died of cancer 2 months ago and was buried in Spain. Prior to her
death, she handed me over a certificate meant for a secret deposit,
which
my father made in a security company in Spain. The deposit that
is worth $40,000,000.00 (Forty millionU.S Dollars) was money paid to
his corporation by its
overseas customers in the heat of the conflict.
He made the deposit in his name with the hope of converting it to his
personal use at the end of the war but was killed when the conflict
intensified as a result of his opposition to the rebel forces. I have
contacted the Security Company to confirm the deposit and establish
ownership.
Due to the death of my mother and the return of peace in
Sierra-Leone, I have decided to solicit for the participation of an
honest and trustworthy person or
company that will assist in the
transfer and business re-investment of the money. I cannot do it alone
due to my present social status and total ignorance of the
business
world. Your friend billy talks good about you. You will be given 30%
percentage of the total amount at the end of the transaction.Note that
the security company i not know the content of the box.
If you are
interested in the above proposal, contact me immediately through the
number indicated above for more details. You must maintain absolute
confidentiality
to ensure success. Please, indicate your personal
Tel/Fax numbers when replying. You can also reply me by
fax.+34-658-586-
517 or tel +34 635-175-157 or the above email:dwrd_boateng@yahoo.co.uk
Best regards.
Mr.Edward Boateng.
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