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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: stanguma2@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 14:31:49 +0200
Subject: MUTUAL BENEFIT!
FROM:STANLEY NGUMA
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA
TEL:+27-736000701
RE:TRANSFER OF US$58.5 MILLION FOR INVESTMENT.
Dear Sir,
I am DR.STANLEY NGUMA,the Director of the delivery operation Trans-world Securities, South Africa. Our Firm is a Security Company of high repute with years of outstanding service to the people of South Africa, especially top government officials and military leaders here in Africa. I have resolved to contact you through this medium based on business proposal that will be of mutual benefit to both of us.I have not discussed this with anybody because it is top secret.
To be explicit and straightforward to the point, some time early 1999 a reputable client of ours deposited a consignment in our company's vault for safekeeping,and since then our client has failed to come forward to claim his consignment, which has accumulated a considerable amount of money in demurrage. Conseqently, in our bid to contact this client to redeem the demurrage which his consignment has accumulated, as discovered that our client was the fomer President of the Republic of Zaire, who died of illness after he was dethroned the same year the consignment was entrsuted in our care.
Since the death of our client, President Mobutu Sese Seko, none of his benefactors has come to claim the consignment with us, which means that none of his relatives or aides had any knowledge of this consignment. hence out of curiosity, I decided to secretly open the box that was registered as treasures by our client actually contained a considerable amount of US Dollars that amount to about US$58.5 Million.
Since this development, I have been nursing plans secretly. I also found out from inquires and the foreign media that our client siphoned a lot of money from his country while he was in office asa the Head of State. It is my conviction the consignment in our vault was part of the money that our client siphoned and now that he is dead, there is no trace to this money in our care. I am now soliciting your noble assistance to assist me in transferring this money out of South Africa to your country for immediate investment with your assistance.
I have also decided that you will generously be entited to 25% of the total amount. Upon my receipt of your reply confirming your willingness to assist me on this transaction, I will immediately arrange and transfer all the rights of ownership of this consignment to your name to facilitate our easy clearance and transfer of the complete funds to your country for onward investment. This Transaction is 100% risk free. Please maintain absolute confidentiality on this matter.
I await your most prompt response through my email address.
Yours Faithfully,
DR STANLEY NGUMA.
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