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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: Francis Coleman <franciscoleman1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: fr_coleman@myway.com
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 04:22:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: With All Due Respect To You
Dear Friend,
It is my pleasure to write you after much consideration since telephone c=
ommunication might not be suitable at first,being the only son of my fath=
er late DR FEDERICK Coleman ,from DIABBO the gold/diamond field of sierra=
leone in west africa.
I am 20 years of age,my father was a limited liability diamond and Gold M=
erchant before the civil war in my country under the rebel commander john=
koromah and Dr FODEY SANKOH,before his untimely death in the hand of thi=
s rebel after his business trip to Lome-Togo to negociate on a Cocoa and =
gold business he wanted to invest on in Lome-Togo,a week after his arriva=
l back from Lome Togo,he was attacked with my mother and kid sister Ann b=
y the rebel group loyal to the late Dr Fodey sankoh for his support of th=
e other rebel group which was a deliberate attempt and conspiracy by my l=
ate father's enemy's whom are supporting the Late Dr fodey sankoh,my moth=
er died instantly while my sister Ann was hospitalise from the assualt sh=
e underwent in the hand of the rebels,while my father died after five day=
s in a private hospital in my country.
On that faithful afternoon I never knew my father was going to give up th=
e ghost,it dawned on me that he was about giving up when he started revea=
ling to me his business interest in Lome-Togo,especially on how much he w=
anted to invest in lome -togo because of the political instability in our=
country as at time and considering that the situation have degenerated i=
nto a military arrangement and also the position of the fund he intend to=
invest with ,which he gave me, as in a security company in Lome Togo and=
was kept there for save keeping .he kept( $8,300,000 )eight million thre=
e hundred thousand dollars there pending the finally negociation and appr=
ovals of the second phase of his investment plans,which never took place.
He futher told me that he deposited the money in a trunk box which was de=
clared to the security company as vital family valuables Gold/diamond,he =
before his death he told me to move my kid sister Ann out our country to =
togo for proper medical attention and also handed to me the key of box an=
d the deposit certificate,he went futher to instruct me on the need to se=
ek for a reliable and trustworthy foreign business partner who will assis=
t to investment this fund and also relocate as to continue our education =
and also ensure that my sister ann is well protected .
Now I have succeeded in locating the security company here in Lome Togo,a=
nd have confirmed the deposit with most honesty and sincierity.Now I am s=
oliciting for your assistance to help me lift this fund out of Lome to a =
safe account abroad,so that we can invest it in any lucrative business in=
any country of your adviced investment choice.
Please this is my only hope of survival in life and nothing under this su=
n should happen to this fund.
Awaiting your urgent response so that we can discuss the modalities of th=
is transaction.
You can reach me on the above telephone(00228932 52 43) Or fr_coleman@myw=
ay.com for a more broad discussion,thanks for your kind attention.
Yours sincerely
Francis Coleman=20
=09
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