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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: "Johnson Kietta" <johnson9eee@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: johnson9aa@atlas.sk
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 13:37:34 +0200
Subject: Greetings From Johnson
Greetings,
Dear with due respect and humbly i write you this letter which I believe you will be a great assistance to me and my little sister. I am Johnson Kietta the only son of late Mr. Kietta who was the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire (General Manager Cacao-Cafe & Agro-Alimentary industries plc.) Bouake, my sources of gating your contact gave me courage and confidence to rely on you. I am writing you with confidence no matter we have not meet before, i want to seek your assistance to transfer our cash of Ten Million,Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (US$ 10.5million dollars) now in the custody of a Finance House to your private account, according to my father this money deposited was made for investment purpose before the crisis In my country.
During the crisis my father had already made arrangement for his family my mother, my little sister and myself to travel out of the country, with the war going on in my country and following the looting of public and Government properties by the rebel forces Cacao Industry Office was one of the targets looted and destroyed by the rebel my father including other top Government officials were attacked and killed by the rebels with the result of my father death dashed our hope of survival, the death later caused my Mothers heart failure of which she later died in the hospital after we spend a lot of money on her, now i and my little sister we are alone in this strange country Senegal suffering without any care or help without any relation, we are now like refugees and orphans, Our only hope now is in this fund our father deposited in Finance House.
In this i humbly solicit for your assistance to assist me claim this fund from the Finance House as co-beneficiary, To transfer this money in your name to your account, To make a good arrangement for a joint business investment on our behalf in your country and you, To help my little sister and my self to further our education, To make arrangement for our travel to your country, and then after the transferred the fund to your account for investments i and my sister has decided to compensating you 20% of the total Money for your assistance, we are waiting for your reply thanks and God bless you.
Best Regard,
Johnson Kietta.
johnson9eee@hotmail.com
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