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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: Letter From Vanda <Vand_a14@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:08:48 +0000
Subject: Hello Dear Good morning
Dear Good morning .Complement of the day , hope you are feeling al right i =
pray,Please there's some thing i want to explain to you. Please i write you =
to be in good relationship with you first to know each other very well .
Introducing my self first to you ,my name is Vanda Oscar From Liberia country =
in west Africa,i am only son born by my father Late Engr Bangali Oscar , He =
is well known contractor in my country building Estates houses giving to him =
by Federal government of my country. he also the same classmate with the =
former President of my country Ex President Charles Tailor , My Mother died =
5 years ago after suffering illness food poison and earlier this year =
February 15th 2007 my father with his driver were shot dead by unknown gunmen =
on his way back home from contractors meeting .
This is a big pain to me since i lost all my hope of father and Mother . Upon =
all my fathers Money still they kill him without respecting him.
Most people said that my father same brother called Alex is behind the kill =
of my father,This Alex have been threaten my father with gun , asking him for =
money most of times , My father don't want to arrest him with police , =
because he is the same blood brother and only two of them left in there =
family .My father always give him money to feed his family .
Now he is very wicked to me since after the burial of my father ,since then =
i stop eating at our house and to save my life and some important documents =
of my father with me , i move to nearby country Senegal and stay because My =
Uncle told me that i am too young to control my fathers properties and =
asking me if my father told me any thing about his money in any bank outside =
our country , of which i deny knowing any.
This is why i write you secret to seek for your advise and help to discuss =
with the Bank about my father money save in their bank , i want you to stand =
as my father business partner in your country and receive this money into =
your accounts ,then you send me invitation letter to apply for Visa to come =
and meet you in your country and we plan together on what to invest this =
money into .
Please help me and stand by me please , this money is huge amount of money =
Worth's Nine million seven hundred thousand united state dollar and my father =
deposited this money with my name in the Bank outside my country.
All the original deposited documents are with me here now . of which i will =
send it to you to enable you to contact the Bank and you speak with the bank =
and advise them to transfer all the money to your accounts in your country .
I don,t know if it will be possible for you to come to Africa and we meet for =
the first time then you see the deposit documents for this money with me and =
confirm it .
But if you don,t have chance to come i promise to send to you the documents =
for you to see ,before contacting the bank .
With good faith I'm promising you that after the money is transferred to =
your country and i my self been there safely in your country , i will give =
you ( 20 percent of this money for all your help .please .
the rest will be set into any business or investment you know that will bring =
more profits in your country on my behalf .
.
Please keep note of every of my mail with you . because i don,t like problem =
in my life .this ( 20 percent i said i will give to you is all i can promise =
you for now as an agreement. If this percentage is not good for you , kindly =
forget helping me.
Please give me your phone number to call you and we speak more.
Am waiting to hear from you .
>From Vanda
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