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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: Paul Guei <pzzzz11@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: pguei2008@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:34:16 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Private & urgent
URGENT AND PRIVATE
My name is Mr. Paul GUEI I work in one of the prime banks in Cote
d'Ivoire. I am contacting you for as assistance in regards to a business transfer
of a large sum of money from a dormant account. Though I know that a
transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and
worried,but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.
I am the personal accounts manager to one of our late foreign customers
who used to run an oil servicing company here in Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire).
He was involved in the ill fated Kenya Airways crash in the coasts of Abidjan in
January 2000 in which all passengers on board died.
Of particular interest is this huge deposit with our bank made by the
deceased valued at about Sixteen million, US dollars ($16million US
dollars) since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any
of my clients extended relatives but have been unsuccessful. After several
unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over the internet to
see if I could locate any member of his family, hence I contacted you.
Recently a probate order has been issued and as such if nobody comes
for the claim of the deposit by the first quarter of this year, the account
will be declared unserviceable and the funds called to the government treasury.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of the relatives for over last 6 years
now, I will seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account be released
and transferred into your account, then you and I will share the money. All I require is
your honest cooperation to enable us to see this deal through. I guarantee that this
will be executed under all legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach
of the law.
Please acknowledge receipt of this email in acceptance of our mutual
business endeavor by furnishing me with the following information as
listed below which will enable me work on the account file so you can
now apply for the release of the funds as the next of kin.
1. Your full name
2. Postal address
3. Date of birth
4. Telephone and fax numbers
Any other details will follow at the receipt of your response.
Thanking you for your anticipated cooperation.
Paul GUEI
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