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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: "Rahman Opala," <rahmanop22@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: rahmanop2@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 16:05:25 +0200
Subject: Hope to hear from you,
Hello Dear.
Compliment of the season.
Permit me to inform you my desire of going into business relationship with you .I got your contact through my careful search of trust worthy assistance in the net.
I prayed over it and selected your name among other (3) names i got also due to it's esteeming nature and the recommendation give to me as a reputable and trust worthy person i can do business with and by their recommendation i must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business,
My name is Rahman Opala. I am the only son of Mr.Umar Opala who served as the chief security officer to president Lt.Gen.Ahmad al-Bashir. Unfortunately,my father was killed During the crisis of sudan.
I came to know of you in my search of a reliable person to handle a very confidential business transaction, which involves the transfer of
a huge sum of $8.5 million dollars(eight million five hundred thousand us dollars only)which was deposited in a finance firm here in senegal by my late father befor his dead,
Unfortunately,my father was killed in that coup detract, and I am the only person who has all the legal documents to claim this money.
My father gave me all the legal documents that covers this fund days before his death. I was waiting for things to cool down before making my move but the recent crisis in my country has forced me to make the move now.
Right now, the money is in a safe place.I am using this opportunity to seek for your assistance to transfer this money to your country to be invested their. All you need to do is to help me provide where this money will be sent to. so that I can fine a way to come over to your country for investment.
I don't have any business to cover-up, that is why i need your assistance. If you agree to this proposal, we shall discuss on the parcentage and I will also forward to you all the legal documents that covers this fund for confirmation.Please reply with this email address:
I awaits your quick response .
Yours faithfully,
Rahman Opala,
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