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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: stevekone33@pnetmail.co.za
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 09:52:52 +0200
Subject: PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
From:Steve Kone.
Tell 27-83-99-501-74.
Dear Sir,
CONFIDENTIAL
This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have not yet met. The message could be strange but real if you pay some attention to it. I could have notified you about it at least for the sake of your integrity. Please accept my sincere apologies.
In bringing this message of goodwill to you, I have to say that I have no intentions of causing you any painsI am Mr.Steve Kone, son of the late rebel leader Mr.Idris Kone of Angola who was killed on the 22nd of February 2002. I managed to get your contact details through "The SOUTH AFRICAN INFORMATION EXCHANGE" the time i was desperately looking for a trustworthy person to assist me in this confidential transaction. My late father,Mr.Idris Kone was able to deposit a large sum of money in different banks in all over the world, my father is presently dead and the movement of his family members (including me) is restricted. We are forbidden to either travel abroad or out of our localities, but by God's grace were able to escape.
Presently, the (US$31M Thirty one Million Dollars) my father transferred to South Africa is safe and is in a security firm. Before you can get access to it I have to give you the password, I am therefore soliciting your help to have this money transferred into your account, before my government get wind of this fund .You know my father was a rebel leader in Angola before his death. My reason for doing this is because it will be difficult for the Angolan government to trace my father's money to an individual's account, especially when such an individual has no relationship, I decided to keep that money for my family use. At present the money is kept in a Security Company in South Africa.
From the above you will understand that our lives and future of my family depends on this fund as such I will be grateful if you will assist us. We are now living in South Africa as political asylum seekers and the financial law and regulations of the Republic of South Africa does not permit us to certain rights in South Africa. In view of this I cannot invest this fund in South Africa hence I am asking you to assist me transfer this out of South Africa for investment purposes.
For your efforts we are prepared to offer you 25% of total fund, while 5% will be set aside for any expenses incurred between yourself and our family. While we keep 70% for investment in your country. Finally, modalities on how this transfer will be done would be conveyed to you once we have established trust and confidence between ourselves. Please treat this matter as urgent.
Best regards.
MR. Steve Kone
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