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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: "PETER A. ZENTEL" <apeterzentel2000@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: apeterzentela@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:02:50 +0100
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL MAIL
Sir/Madam,
I am writing you this letter in confidence after
receiving a confidential message from the family
of my client and very close associate Col. Eddy
Kapend who was the army spokesman and special aide
to the late President Laurent-Desire Kabila of the
Democratic Republic of Congo who ruled the country
from May 1997 to January 2001. My cleint was
identified as the ringleader and was sentenced to
death by the current government administration in
the Democratic Republic of Congo following hiS
involvement in the assassination of the President
Laurent-Desire Kabila on the 16th of January 2001.
My cleint Col. Eddy Kapend in association with the
late President Laurent-Desire Kabila recovered
millions of dollars from the former dictator Mobutu
Sese Seko following rebellion against him by President
Laurent-Desire Kabila and also making arrangements
with the Swiss Government and other European countries
to freeze all his accounts amounting into billions
of dollars. They also engaged in the sales of copper
and diamonds, which is the chief export of that country.
According to the message received from my client’s
family and with the verifications made by me, my
cleint deposited the sum of Forty Eight Million United
States Dollars ($48M USD) with a Private Security Deposit
Firm overseas for safekeeping. My cleint and his family
have confided in me to look for a foreign partner that
will help in putting the funds into the banking system
and also to assist in investing the funds so that his
family will not suffer while is he gone.
Since my cleint and his family have mandated me to
look for a foriegn partner, that is my main reason
for contacting. Please do not despair since I got your
email from a business advertising website on the
Internet before making my contact with you. I do not
intend to fail my cleint because I have been a very
close associate and legal consultant to my client, and
also a close member of their family for almost fifteen
years now before I relocated to Europe with my family.
I have made contacts with the Private Security Deposit
Firm and also concluded final arrangements with them to
take over the funds by a new beneficiary legally. I shall
take care of all the legal aspects of this transaction
and I can assure you that everything is 100% risk free.
I desperately need your help. I will need you to contact
the Security Deposit Firm on the behalf of my cleint;
secure the funds after you must have been made the
beneficiary and deposit the funds into a bank account
for investing.
In consideration of your expenses during the course of
this transaction, my client’s family has decided to give
you 20% of the total funds after transfer and
invest a reasonable amount into investments that we
shall both manage for the family based on percentage
and for mutual benefits.
In conclusion, if you are willing and ready to assist
us recover my client’s funds, please indicate so in
your return reply mail and I will put you into the
picture of this transaction by emailing you with more
details of this transaction and how it will be
achieved.
Looking forward to your urgent and positive response.
Best Regards,
PETER Zentel
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