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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: "dennis kamber" <d_kamber1@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 20:21:30 +0200
Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE/INVESTMENT
Mr. DENNIS KAMBER
ESPACE MEDICAL Saint Paul
Plateau 06bp 449
South Africa.
Tel +27 83 480 6711
d_kamber1@hotmail.com
DEAR: Sir/Madam
REQUEST FOR URGENT
ASSISTANCE/INVESTMENT
l got your contact in my search for an honest,Godly and trustworthy foreign
partner to assist me transact a rather very lucrative but confidential
business.
fist,l must introduce my self to you.lam coL DENNIS KAMBER,a former aide de
camp and cousin to the late president of DEMOCRATIC REPUBLC OF CONGO(DRC)
(formerly known as zaire),LAURENT KABILA who was assasinated by one of his
body guards on the 16th jan 2001.
Due to the war raging in my country then the late president,laurent
kabila,was using me through diplomatic means to send money out of the
republic because he had feared that he might be overthrown or killed at any
time. He wanted to provide for his family.
on this particular occasion the late president gave me the sum of
US$20m(TWENTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS)to carry abroad through SOUTH
AFRICA.this money was packed into a SAFE-BOX and brought into SOUTH AFRICA
through DIPLOMATIC MEANS.
lt is here in south africa that the news of the death of the president
reached me,,just axactly as he feared .May his soul rest in peace,after
receiving the news of the president's death, l was faced with deciding on
what to do with the US$20M(twenty million united states dollars) in my
possession. i then deposited the SAFE- BOX containing this money in a
PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY here in SOUTH AFRICA as FAMILY VALUABLES, without
disclosing real content of it to them.
my objective now is to invest this money in a foreign country like yours. l
will also appreciate entering into a profitable joint venture with you after
the safe transfer of the money.
l am by this mail asking you to assist me transfer this money to your
personal/corporate account.
for your assistance,l shall compensate you with 25% of the total sum. l have
also set aside 5% of the total sum for expenses you and l may incure in
course of this transaction. the remaining 70% will be for my family, which
you will help us invest.
currently l am in south africa as an asylum seeker(refugee) because l could
not go back to my country for the fear of being eliminated by some
opposition members.
kindly, contact me by this email address. l will furnish you with the
details of the transaction as soon as you assure me of your honesty, trust
and determination to help me.
NOTE THAT ALL NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUCCESS OF THIS TRANSACTION
HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED BY ME AND A BANKER WHO HAS DECIDED TO HELP IN THE
TRANSFERRING OF THE FUND, AND THE TRANSACTION WILL TAKE US A MAXIMUM OF 4
(FOUR)WORKING DAY TO ACCOMPLISH. THERE IS NO RIST INVOLVED.
BEST REGARD,
DENNIS KAMBER.
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