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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: "grace williams" <graceooowilliams@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs_grace80@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 05:16:42 +0100
Subject: Good Day,
Good Day,
I am pleased to introduce a business opportunity to you,i hope you will
not be embarrassed receiving this mail as we have not had previous
correspondences on this.I decided to contact you based on the clearance
and assurance i got from source that linked me to you.
I hope you will not impede the trust and confidence I repose in you.In
brief introduction, I am Mrs.Grace Williams, an Ivorian National. The
wife of (Dr.Martin Williams) My husband was a very rich Wood and Cocoa
merchant, based in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast before
he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their
outing to discussion a business deal.
I had earlier lost my mother in car crash in the year 2000 along San
Pedro Road. Before the death of my father on September 26th, 2003 in a
private hospital where he has been admitted. He, my father called me
secretly to his bed side and told me that he kept a sum of $8,328,000 (
Eight Million three Hundred and Twenty Eight Thousand United States
Dollars)
in a Fix suspense account in a Finance House in Europe. that he uses my
names as
the next of kin in the fund.
He also explained to me that it was because of this money that he was
poisoned by his business partners and that I should seek for a foreign
partner in a country of my choice where I would transfer this money and
used it for an investment such as (real estate management or stock
market).
After my father's death, I was faced with many dangers from hostile
relatives and business associates and couple with the war in my country
between the Government
and the rabel.
I have abandoned my country came to Dakar Senegal where I took refuge
at the Dr. Faye Refugee Camp in Dakar Senegal.I succeeded in confirming
the availability of the fund at the Finance Company in Europe, but my
Asylum condition does not allow me to travel and couple that i do not
know how to handle the money because of my age.I am appealing to you to
help me and as
follows:
Thanking you for your understanding.I look forward to
your earliest reply to my email.mrs_grace80@yahoo.co.uk
Please send to me the followings.
1) Telephone number
2)Fax number
2)Age and sex.
4) your full name
5) House address.
Yours truly
Mrs Grace Williams
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