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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: ida kokou <ida_kokou04@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 04:27:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: can i trust you ?
Hello,=A0
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=A0
=A0 I am happy to let you know my proposal, thanks indeed. I will like to u=
se this opportunity to tell you more about me and my reason of contacting y=
ou=A0 my name is=A0Ida Kokou,=A017 years old and the only daughter of Late =
Mr.and Mrs Ida Kokou. I live in Abidjan, the capital of Cote d' Ivoire a We=
st African country. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan =
, the economic capital of Ivory coast, my father was poisoned to death by h=
is business associates on one of their outings on a business trip .=20
My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so specia=
l. Before the death of my father on october 2005 in a private hospital here=
in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has t=
he sum of=A0Ten million, five hundred thousand United State Dollars. USD($1=
0.500,000.00) which he sealed in a trunk box and deposited in the custody o=
f a security company here for safekeeping and he informed me that no other =
person knows the real content of the box which he used my name as his only =
daughter as the next of Kin in depositing of the trunk box. He also explain=
ed to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his bus=
iness associates. That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of =
my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpos=
e such as real estate management or hotel management .=20
Dear, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:=20
1) To provide=A0a good business where the money will be invest =A0into.=20
2) To serve as a guardian of this fund.=20
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my e=
ducation and to secure a resident permit in your country.=20
Moreover, dear I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensati=
on for your effort/ input after the successful transfer of this fund into y=
our nominated account overseas.=20
My dear, I really need your urgent help in this matter because I am not fee=
ling safe staying here again. I will tell you all the details when I get yo=
ur reply. =A0 Thanks and God bless you.=20
Yours sincerely,=A0
Ida Kokou=0A=0A=0A
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