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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: "From Mrs. Lydia Johnson" <lyddy_d@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: lydy_j303@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:24:04 +0200
Subject: transaction
From Mrs. Lydia Johnson,
No. 22, Alexander Crescent,
Park View Estate,
Dakar Senegal.
Dear Friend,
I pray God this message reaches you in wonderful spirit.I am making
this contact with you based on trust and confidence irrespective of the
fact that we have not met before and because of the nature of the
situation I found myself. I am Mrs. Lydia Johnson , from Angola. l got
your contact from www. and coupled with the information i gathered about
you from the external trade department of my country's chamber of
commerce and industry. There is an information I would like you to keep very
confidential. There is sum amount of money my late Husband {former
UNITA Rebel leader} General Jonas Malheiro Johnson deposited in a suspence
account few months before he was assasinated by the Angolan Millitary
forces.It's over the issue of minerals and there allocations using his
power and influence to smuggle diamond to the neighbouring countries in
exchange for money. Presently, I am staying outside Angola just to save
my life,with my three children. The money in question is $10,500,000.00
Milllion U.S.Dollars.
I can't make make direct withdrawal of this fund,because my husband has
registered the beneficiary of the fund as his (Foriegn Bussiness
Partner). But the documents of the deposit are with me. What I would want you
to do, is to assist me to get the funds withdrawn from the finance
company, have the same transfered to your country in your name and
thereafter share the funds by giving you 20% of the total sum as commission.
Please there is no risk in this transaction. I will use the remain
balance of the money for investiment in your country for the future of my
children. If you are intrested, and can maintain the very
confidentiality, you e-mail me immediately for more clearification. The Angola
government through it's various agents has confisticated all my late husband
known properties since his death.
You can find how and when my husband was killed in the BBC news achives
reported in the international news media
Thank you as I await your urgent reply.
Thank you and God bless.
Mrs. Lydia Johnson.
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