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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: Martin Williams <martin.williams20@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:05:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear Beloved,
Dear Beloved,
Please I am Mr. Martin Williams, the only son of late chief George Williams=
from Sierra Leone. I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to se=
ek your assistance to transfer our cash of ten million dollars ($10,000,000=
) now in the custody of a BANK here in Abidjan to your private account pend=
ing our arrival to your country.=20
=A0
=A0
My late father, chief GEORGE WILLIAMS, a native of Mende district in the No=
rthern province of Sierra. Leone was the general Manager of Sierra Leone mi=
ning co-operation (S.L.M.C.) Freetown. According to my father. This money w=
as the income accrued from mining co-operations over draft and minor sales.
=A0Before the peak of the civil war between the rebels forces of major Paul=
Koroma and the combined forces of ECOMOG peace keeping operation that almo=
st destroyed my country, following the forceful removal from power of the C=
ivilian Elected President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah by the rebels. My father had a=
lready made arrangement for his family, my mother, my little sister and mys=
elf to be evacuated to Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire with our personal effects and=
the box containing team. My father deposited the fund for the safe custody=
until after the war when he will join us. During the war in my country, an=
d following the indiscriminate looting of public and Government properties =
by the rebel in forces, the Sierra Leone mining coop. was one of the target=
s looted and destroyed.=20
=A0
My father including other top Government functionaries were attacked and ki=
lled by the rebels in November 2001 because of his relationship with the ci=
vilian Government of Ahmed Tejan Kabbah. As a result of my father death, an=
d with the news of my uncles involvement in air crash in January, dashed ou=
r hope of survival. The untimely deaths caused my mothers heart failure and=
other related complications of which she later died in the hospital after =
we must have spent a lot of money on her. Now my 18-year-old sister and mys=
elf are alone in this strange country suffering without any care or help. W=
ithout any relation, we are now like refugees and orphans. Our only hope no=
w is in fund our father deposited in the BANK To this effect, I humbly soli=
cit your assistance in the following ways. To assist me claim this fund fro=
m the BANK as co-beneficiary.
=A0
To transfer this money in your name to your country. To make a good arrange=
ment for a joint business investment on our behalf in your country and you,=
the caretaker. To secure a college for my little sister and my self in you=
r country to further our education. And to make arrangement for our travel =
with you to your country after you have transferred this fund. Most importa=
ntly, the whole documents issued after deposit are in my custody.=A0 I beg =
to concede 10% of this money to you for your efforts assistance.plesase con=
tacts us this Email box TELEPHONE:+225 07673852=0A=0A=0A
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