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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: "From Miss Princess Zainab Ibrahim." <zainab_ibrahim010@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Reply-To: zainab_ibrahim020@yahoo.co.in
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:48:47 +0100
Subject: My dear sir.
Dear Sir,
Good day to you and your family members,
Please do not see me as an intruder for sending you this letter. I know this letter may come to you as a surprise based on the fact that I have not had any previous contact with you but it is my greatest joy to contact you with the hope and believe that Allah will touch your mind to help us. Briefly, I am Zainab Savimbi Ibrahim,the only Surviving daughter of late Jonas Savimbi Ibrahim, the former UNITA rebel leader in Angola. It was known to everybody; my late father was betrayed and got killed by an unknown assailant during the civil in my Country Angola. My father was a very wealthy man during his live time; He acquired his wealth from selling of Gold and Diamonds and Crude oil.
You may read more about my father on the link below:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/264094.stm>
The enemy also executed everyone bearing Savimbi Ibrahim, thus making sure that we were completely wiped out, but glory be to Allah who brought us an ADC loyal to my father met with me and my Mother and sneaked us to Congo, a neighbouring country from where we entered into Republic of Senegal, where I and my mother are now living.
Shortly before this unfortunate incident, my father had informed me about some of his fund he deposited with BANK OF AFRICA here in DAKAR SENEGAL.
He handed to me the certificate of deposit as an evidence of this. He told me in confidence not to tell anybody. It is now that faith has brought us here (SENEGAL) that I and my Mother located the bank. The bank Director has also confirmed to us that my late father truly deposited an amount of US$5 Million with there bank but with an injunction that the said fund must be transfer abroad for investment popurse and for my education.
Now my mother is very,very sick of high blood presure and need an urgent medical attention.
I am contacting you to seek your opinion for the treatment of my mother and to present you to the bank as my late father's international Business Partner and my Foreign Beneficiary. Our only hope now is on this fund my late father deposited with the BANK OF AFRICA. I humbly solicit your assistance in the followings ways, to assist us claim this fund from the Bank as my father's international business partner abroad and co-beneficiary, to retrieve this money in your name and transfer it into your bank account in your country.
You will then make a visa and flight arrangement for me and my mother to come over to your Country where she can be treated.
Lastly you will arrange a joint business investment on our behalf in your country and you as the caretaker,
You will also have to secure a University admission for me in your country to further my education after the transfering of the fund into your bank account.
If you can assist us on these points above, we shall give you 20% of the total amount while setting aside 5% for any incidental expenses that may arise in the course of actualising this transaction.
Please I need to inform you that this matter is confidential, I want you to treat it as such please as i await your quick reply.
Sincerely,
Zainab Savimbi & Mother.
Mrs Mariam Savimbi Ibrahim,
Khidira U.N Refugee Camp.
Dakar Senegal.
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