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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: johnsonopia1@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 21:02:24 -0800
Subject: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE.
FROM: MR. JOHNSON OPIA
TEL : + 27-83-894-6787
FAX : + 0044-7092865719
Please, reply to this alternative e-mail address
E-mail:johnsonopia@hotmail.co.uk
ATTN: THE PRESIDENT / CEO,
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE.
I know you will be surprised to read from me especially from a stranger but please
consider this as
a request from a family in dire need of assistance. I am JOHNSON OPIA the only son
of late GENERAL.SOLOMON OPIA of ANGOLA.I am presently residing in SOUTH AFRICA.
I got your contact address in the course of a discreet search for a reliable person
in South Africa Chamber of Commerce and Industry. And i on behalf of my widowed
mother MRS. ELIZABETH OPIA decided to solicit for your assistance to transfer the
sum of US$20.5 Million (TWENTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS)
inherited from my late father into your Personal or Company Account. Before his
death, he was a General in charge of Arms and Ammunition procurement for the Angolan
Amry. In his "WILL" he specifically drew my attention to the sum of US$20.5 Million
(TWENTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS), which he deposited in
a Private Security and Finance Company in Johannesburg, South Africa.
INFACT MY FATHER SAID IN HIS "WILL" AND I QUOTE.
"MY BELOVED SON" I WISH TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SUM OF US$20.5 MILLION, WHICH
I DEPOSITED IN A PRIVATE SECURITY AND FINANCE COMPANY IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH
AFRICA. DURING THE WAR, I WAS VERY DEDICATED TO AND COMMITED TO WINNING THE WAR
AGAINST THE REBELS UNTIL I FOUND OUT MY SERNIOR AMRY OFFICERS AND GOVERNMENT
FUNCTIONARIES WERE BUSY HELPING THEMSELVES WITH GOVERNMENT FUNDS AND PROPERTIES AND
SENDING THEM TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. DUE TO THIS WHEN I AND FORMER SPECIAL ADVISOR TO
THE PRESIDENT WERE ASSIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT (JOSE EDUARDO DU SANTOS) TO PURCHASE
ARMS IN SOUTH AFRICA, WHEN NELSON MANDELA THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA
STOPPED SELLING ARMS AND AMMUNITION TO ALL WAR COUNTRIES IN AFRICA. WE SAW THIS AS
A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY AND DIVERTED THE MONEY AND SHARED IT AND GOT THE TOTAL SUM OF
US$20.5 MILLION (TWENTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS).
IN CASE OF MY ABSENCE ON EARTH AS A RESULT OF DEATH ONLY, YOU SHOULD SOLICIT FOR
ASSISTANCE OF A RELIABLE FOREIGN PARTNER TO ASSIST YOU TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY OUT
OF SOUTH AFRICA FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES. I DEPOSITED THE MONEY IN YOUR NAME WITH ALL
THE DOCUMENTS HANDED TO YOUR MOTHER, TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR MOTHER AND YOUR SISTER
AND DO NOT COME BACK TO ANGOLA UNTIL THE WAR IS OVER AND BEWARE OF YOUR ENEMIES IN
OUR FAMILY KINDRED THAT RELATED TO US IN LIBITO".
From the above, you will understand that the lives and future of our family depends
on this fund as such i will be grateful if you will assist us.We are now living in
South Africa as Political Asylum Seekers and the Financial Laws and Regulations of
the Republic of South Africa do not allow Asylum Seekers to open Account and hence
i am asking you to assist me to transfer this fund out of South Africa to your own
personal or Company Account overseas for investment purposes.
For your efforts we are prepared to offer you 25% of the total sum, while 5% will
be set aside for local and international expenses and the balance 70%I intend to
invest in profitable ventures in your country or elsewhere you may advise.
Please, note that this transaction is 100% RISK FREE, for i have made arrangements
for a successful transfer as such, the only thing i need from you is Complete trust
and Assurance that my own part of the money will be safe when transferred to your
Account.
Finally, modalities on how the transfer will be done will be conveyed to you once
we havestablished trust and confidence between ourselves. Please, treat as very
urgent.
Thanks and God bless you as we wait for your immediate reply.
Best regards,
MR.JOHNSON OPIA (for the family).
NB: Please, reply to this alternative e-mail address
E-mail:johnsonopia@hotmail.co.uk
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