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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: "MRS M. SESE-SEKO." <sesesesko_m@tiscali.it> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mariamsssk@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 04:56:08 -0800
Subject: HELP ME OUT PLEASE..
From:Mrs. M Sese-Seko
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Mrs. Mariam Sese-Seko widow of late president Mobutu
Sese-Seko of Zaire? Now known as democratic republic of
Congo (DRC).I received your company profile from the
chambers of commerce in morocco. I am moved to write
you this letter; this was in confidence considering my
present circumstance and situation. I escaped along with my
husband and two of our sons mark and Mukoko out of
Democratic Republic Of Congo (DRC) to Abidjan, Cote
d?Ivoire where my family and I settled, while we later
moved to settled in morocco where my husband later died of
cancer disease.
However due to this situation we decided to change most of
my husband's billions of dollars deposited in Swiss bank
and other countries into other forms of money coded for
safe purpose because the new head of state of (drc) Mr.
Laurent Kabila has made arrangement with the Swiss
government and other uropean countries to freeze all my
late husband's treasures deposited in some European
countries. Hence my children and I decided laying low in
Africa to study the situation till when things gets better,
like now that president Kabila is dead and the son taking
over(Joseph Kabila). One of my late husband's chateaux in
southern France was confiscated by the French government,
and as such I had to change my identity so that my
investment will not be traced and confiscated. I have
deposited the sum of Twenty eight million six hundred
thousand United States dollars (us$28,600,000,00.) With a
security company, for safekeeping.
The funds are security coded to prevent them from knowing
the content. What i want you to do is to indicate your
interest. That you will assist us by receiving the
money on our behalf. Acknowledge this message, so that I
can introduce you to my son (mark) who has the out
modalities for the claim of the said funds. I want you to
assist in investing this money, but I will not want my
identity revealed. I will also want to buy properties and
stock in multi-national companies and to engage in other
safe and non-speculative investments.
May I at this point emphasize the high level of
confidentiality, which this business demands, and hope you
will not betray the trust and confidence, which I repose in
you. In conclusion, if you want to assist us, my son shall
put you in the picture of the business, tell you where the
funds are currently being maintained and also
discuss other modalities including remunerations for your
services. For this reason kindly furnish us your contact
information, that is your personal telephone and fax number
for confidential purpose and acknowledge receipt of this
mail.
Best regards,
MRS M. SESE-SEKO.
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