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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: johnsonopia2004@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 11:32:38 +0200
Subject: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE
ATTN: SIR / MADAM
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE
Please, reply to this alternative e-mail address
Johnsonopia2005@yahoo.com
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 chambers of commerce and industry .And on
behalf of my widowed mother MRS ELIZABETH OPIA i decided to solicit for
your assistance to transfer the sum of US$20.5 million (TWENTY MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ) inherited form 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
Army .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
johanesburg ,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
JOHANESBURG ,SOUTH AFRICA . DURING THE WAR , I WAS VERY DEDICATED AND
COMMITED TO WINNING THE WAR AGAINST THE REBELS UNTIL I FOUND OUT MY
SENIOR ARMY OFFICERS AND GOVERNMENT FUNTIONARIES WERE BUSY HELPING
THEMSELVES WITH GOVERNMENT FUNDS AND PROPERTIES AND SENDING THEM TO
FOREIGN COUNTRIES . DUE TO THIS WHEN I AND FORMER SPECIAL SPECIAL ADVISOR
TO THE PRESIDENT WERE ASSIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT (JOSE EDURADO 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 they 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 a 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 have established 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).
Tel:+27-73-734-2222
Please, reply to this alternative e-mail address
Johnsonopia2005@yahoo.com
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