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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: "Steve Don" <dst_1600@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dsteve0@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 19:20:48 +0100
Subject: SOS
Steve Don
Dear Sir,
I MAKE THIS CONTACT TO YOU IN RESPECT OF OUR PLIGHTS BASED ON THE
DESIRED THAT YOU WILL ASSIST I AND MY MOTHER.
MY NAME IS DON STEVE THE SURVIVED SON OF LATE MR. NELSON W. DON AND
MRS. ELIZABETH DON FROM LIBERIA BUT I AND MY MOTHER (MRS. ELIZABETH DON)
WERE RESIDING IN BUDUBURAM REFUGEE CAMP, IN ACCRA GHANA AFTER THE LIBERIAN
WAR LED BY WARLORD (EX-PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR) WHO IS CURRENTLY FACING HIS
COUNT CHARGE TRIALS, IN UN COURT SERRIE LONE). I AM CONTACTING WITH YOU ON
MY DESIRE TO INVEST IN YOUR COUNTRY AND TO BUY A LIVING BUNGALOW IN YOUR
COUNTRY WHERE I AND MY MOTHER WILL LIVE AND RUN OUR INVESTMENT THROUGH YOUR
ASSISTANCE AND WE WILL LIKE TO INVEST PART OF THE FUND/GOLD VALUE IN YOUR
ESTABLISHMENT AS SOON AS YOU ASSIST US ACCOMMODATE THE FUND/RAW GOLD VALUE
IN YOUR ACCOUNT, I AND MY MOTHER SHALL PREPARE TO COME OVER TO MEET YOU FOR
ONWARD INVESTMENT. MY FATHER LATE MR. NELSON W. DON WAS SHOT ALONG WITH MY
TWO YOUNGER SISTERS IN LIBERIA FROM OPPOSITION GROUP MY TWO SISTES DIED ON
THE SPOT, DURING THE PAST LIBERIAN CRISIS, WHILE UN PEACE-KEEPING FORCES
TOOK MY FATHER TO HOSPITAL FEW DAYS LATER MY FATHER DIED. BUT BEFORE MY
FATHER DIED IN THE HOSPITAL HE REVEALED TO ME ABOUT HIS 100KG RAW
GOLD/USD10,000,000.00 HE DEPOSITED IN ONE FINANCE INSTITUTION IN ACCRA GHANA
FOR SAFE KEEPING. MY LATE FATHER WAS GOLD MERCHANTS WORLDWIDE. PRESENTLY,
I AND MY MOTHER ARE IN GHANA, RESIDING IN BUDUBURAM REFUGEE CAMP IN ACCRA
GHANA TO NOTIFY THE
FINANCE INSTITUTION FOR THE CLAIMS OF MY LATE FATHER'S FUND/RAW GOLD
DEPOSITED IN THEIR CUSTODY.
THEREFORE, I WANT YOU SIR/MADAM, TO EDUCATE ME ON HOW I CAN INVEST THE
FUND/RAW GOLD IN YOUR COUNTRY, BECAUSE BEFORE MY FATHER DIED, HE LEFT DYING
INSTRUCTIONS THAT I SHOULDN'T INVEST THIS FUND/RAW GOLD IN AFRICA DUE TO THE
FOLLOWING REASONS:
1. MARKET INSTABILITY IN OUR COUNTRY,
2. POOR ECONOMY IN OUR COUNTRY,
3. POLITICAL INSTABILITY THAT ALWAYS FACING AFRICA AS A WHOLE.
IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE REASONS I HAD DECIDED TO CARRY OUT MY LATE
FATHER'S DYING INSTRUCTIONS TO INVEST THE FUND/RAW GOLD IN YOUR COUNTRY
THROUGH YOUR ASSISTANCE AND TO OFFER YOU 35% FOR YOUR WHOLESOME ASSISTANCE
TO US. FURTHERMORE, I HAVE MY LATE FATHER'S PROOF OF FUND/RAW GOLD THAT IS
ORIGIN CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT THAT BEAR MY LATE FATHER'S NAME AS THE
BENFICIARY WHICH I CAN SEND TO YOU ON YOUR REQUEST AS SOON AS YOU PROVIDE ME
YOUR CONTACT PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS INCLUDING YOUR PRIVATE EMAIL CONTACT AND
ADDRESS.
PLEASE CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL TO ENABLE ME DETAIL YOU
MORE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW CONCERN THIS ISSUE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPECTED CO-OPERATION. AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
DON STEVE
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