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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: "patrick C. koroma" <patrickdit5@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: patrickc@mail.ru
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:31:52 +0100
Subject: Hello Dear.
Hello Dear,
Compliments of the day to you.I did like to send to you the best wishes of good health and success in your pursuits particularly through my proposal as contained in this letter.After due deliberation with my sister,I decided to forward to you this business proposal,we want you to assist us.
I am Patrick C.Koroma.I am contacting you with the hope that you will be of great assistance to me,I currently have within my reach the sum of US$7,000,000.00.(Seven Million U.S Dollars)cash which I intend to use for investment purposes.I therefore personally appeal to you seriously and religiously for your urgent assistance to move this money in to your country where I believe it will be safety since I cannot leave the country with this money due to the restriction of property imposed on the members of my family by the Sierra Leone Government.
This money came as a result of Solid Minerals contract deal between my Father Johnny Paul Koroma. and a Russian firm in our country.Presently,the new civilian Government has intensified their probe in to my father's financial resources which has led to the freezing of all our accounts,local and foreign,the revoking of all our business licences.
I want to withdraw this money from one of our finance houses before it will be closed down.My Father deposited the money in a finance firm for safe keeping.No record is known about this fund by the government because there is no documentation showing that we have such funds.Due to the current situation in the country and government attitude to my family,I cannot make use of this money within, thus I seek your help in transferring this funds out for investment.
I have agreed to offer you 20% of the total funds for your able assistance and support and would send you proofs of the funds as soon as we favourably hear from you.Please kindly reply by return mail and please include your personal telephone and fax numbers.I will greatly appreciate if you accept my proposal in good faith.
Best Regards,
Patrick C. Koroma.
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