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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: "mariam seko" <mara666@web-mail.com.ar>
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 17:52:33 -1200
Subject: help needed
DEAR FRIEND.
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 MOSSES AND PAUL 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
EUROPEAN 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 ONE
HUNDRED
MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS(US$I00,000,000,00.) 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 (MOSSES) 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 EMPHASISE 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
RENUMERATIONS FOR YOUR SERVICES.
FOR THIS REASON KINDLY FURNISH US YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION,
THAT IS
YOUR PERSONAL TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR CONFIDENTIAL
PURPOSE AND DO
ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THIS MAIL BY REACHING ME AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE
SO THAT YOU WILL BE BRIEF BETTER ON THE DETAILS OF THIS
TRANSACTION.
MUCH REGARDS
MRS M. SESE SEKO
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