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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: Letter from Penda Oscar <ppendal1@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:47:24 +0000
Subject: Good morning
Hello Dear
I am very excited to read a profile good about you , now i will like to =
explain more to you in details my position and why i initiated this contact =
with you ,
Presently i am residing here in Senegal where i am seeking my political =
asylum as refugee due to my lost of beloved ones in a civil war.
I am emailing you from the office of the our reverend father who is in charge =
of the the refugee camp, I told the Reverend about my situation and he =
permitted me to access my email in his office computer when ever he has =
chance with the computer, here in the refugee camp life is very difficult, =
the Camp Address is: Church of God Mission , Dakar Senegal. The Reverend =
Telephone number is +221-76-4664-363 , Please when you call ask of miss Penda =
Oscar , a refugee from Liberia. The Reverend name is Rev Dr Paul Milimono . =
To be frank he has been so good to me , his is like a father to me now , So =
when you call appreciate him for my sake.
More about me:
1) I am a single daughter of my parents, 23 years of age I grow up in Liberia =
my country, I was a student in my country Liberia city of Monrovia before the =
political crisis in my country which lead to bloody civil war began, which =
claimed the life of my beloved ones and living me in this frustrating / =
painful condition .
Please listen to this and try to keep it to your self only .
When my father was alive , he deposited some money in a bank and he used my =
name as to deposit the money , the amount is US$ 7.2m ( seven million two =
hundred thousand United States dollars ) . i have the deposit certificate of =
the fund and the death certificate of my father here with me .
Now due to my condition as refugee in this country , i cannot make this =
claims by myself, i need a foreigner who will stand on my behalf to the bank, =
that is why i decided to make this contact with you, for you to stand on my =
behalf to the bank and ask them the possibility of transferring this fund =
into your position in your country.
As I have said i have with me all the Information concerning the fund.
The reason why I need your help to be sincere in your heart and assist me =
transfer the money into any account which you know will be safe .
Though I do not have experience in international transaction so there is =
nothing I can do without your help, I wouldn't have bothered you if I have =
full access to the money within myself, because I am helpless here, i am =
having no account , no any raw money at hand and no body abroad as a friend =
or relation to help me out .
After the transferring of the money into your account : You will help me =
withdraw some money from the account where the money was transferred, You =
will help me send the money through the Reverend father in refugee camp to =
get all my travelling documents to join you and have a good life with you and =
continue my education which is my most important concern to me now and for =
the capital investment which you have to help me for that. I will be ready to =
offer you 25% of the whole fund as compensation and will equally map out =
another 5% to pay you back for any expenses you may make, if at all there =
will be .
I will want you to think very well and understand in your heart if you really =
want to help me ? If yes I will live the rest of my life to appreciate it, =
But if no I suggest you make it open to me before you will brake my heart =
Because I don't want to under go torture any more,
Once i get you well, i will send the bank contact details to you, so that =
from there you will make contact with them concerning the account and find =
out the possibility of transferring this fund into your position , i will =
appreciate your concern, waiting for your urgent response so that we can =
proceed.
Please send me your full private contacts , i will like to draft a mail to =
he bank to present you as my partner , so that when you contact them they =
will Honor your application to release the funds.
Waiting to hear from you.
>From
Penda.
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