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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: "Kingsley Rossman" <arossman@tiscali.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: arossman19@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:06:29 +0200
Subject:
#126 DF Mallan Drive
Northcliff, Johannesburg
South Africa.
TEL:+27-73-747-0693
FAX:+27-83-467-5964
Greetings Dear ......
Please, I will like you to take your time to go through this mail carefully
and with patience. I am contacting you in view of the fact that we will
be of great assistance to each other likewise developing a cordial business
relationship, as I am interested in investing in your country.
I am Kingsley Rossman the first son of Late Motshegwa Rossman of Swaziland
in Africa. My father was the managing director of Otobo Aluminum Company
in Swaziland but very unfortunate he died in the year 2003 after a protracted
illness. I realized that I will be unable to manage the company and soonest
it may fold up. I also realized that I am too young to manage a large company
of that magnitude and most of the directors have already began to divert
the net profit being generated from the company.
I therefore arranged with my father's lawyer and sold the entire company
to Mr. Alan Sherman from Australia at the price of US$8.5,000,000 (Eight
Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). Due to constant pressure
from some of my relatives and also fear of likely attack on my family to
hijack the fund, I arranged with my mother to transfer the fund into a security
company in South Africa where I am currently staying with my family. At
the moment, we want to transfer the fund into your Account in your country
for investment. I therefore need your assistance to enable me transfer the
fund into your private/company's account over there so that we can re-locate
to plan for the investment of the fund through your personal assistance
and advise.
I mostly need your assistance in investing the fund because I have little
experience of investment strategies. If you can assist us in this transaction,
my family will give you 20% of the total fund while 80% will remain in your
account for at least 1 year to enable me complete my education.
Please, if you can assist us, kindly send an urgent email to indicate your
interest. Through this e-mail address:arossman19@tiscali.co.uk
I await your soonest response
Best regards,
Kingsley Rossman
(For the family)
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