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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: "Benson Muzaza" <muzazafamily@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 01:31:00 +0000
Subject: FROM BENSON AND LINDA MUZAZA
FROM BENSON AND LINDA MUZAZA
C/o ROCK OF AGES EVANGELICAL MINISTRY
ABIDJAN, REPUBLIC OF COTE-D'IVOIRE
WEST AFRICA.
KINDLY REPLY US TO THIS EMAIL; benson2005@correctionsmail.com
Our name is Benson and Linda Muzaza we are the children of Late General
Anderson Muzaza the former Director of military inteligence and special
acting General Manager of the Sieria Leone Diamond mining coperation(
SLDMC ). I am contacting you to seek your good assistance to transfer and
invest USD 13 million belonging to my late father which is deposited in a
bank in Abidjan. This money is revenues from solid minirals and dimonds sale
which were under my fathers possession before the civil war broke out.
Following the break out of the war, almost all government
offices,coperations and parastatals were attacked and vandalized. The SLDMC
was loothed and burnt down to ashes, and diamonds worth millions of dollars
was stolen by the rebel military forces who attacked my fathers office.
Many top government officials and senior army officers were assasinated and
my father was a key target because of his very sensitive military possition
and appointment in the SLDMC. Regreatably, my father was captured and
murdered along with half brother in cool blood during a mid-night rebel
shoot-out when our official residence in freetown was armbushed by Fordey
Sanko the notorious rebel leader.
My mother sustainded very sever bullet injuries which resulted to her
untimely and painful death in a private hospital here in Ivory Coast.
Now we are alone in a totally strange country without parents, relatives or
any body to care for us at our tender ages.
Before our mother died, she told us that our father deposited some money
which he made from diamond sales and contracts at this bank here in Ivory
Coast and that we should pray and find a trustworthy foreign business
partner who would help us to transfer and invest this money in profitable
business venture overseas.
She told us to do this quickly so that we can leave Ivory Coast with our
cousin brother-Arthur who is here in the camp with us and, then settle down
abroad. She gave us the the bank document to prove the deposit and then told
us that my father used my name as the only son to deposit the money in the
bank.She told us that this is the reason why we came to Ivory Coast. My
mother died afterwards. May her spirit rest in perfect peace I have gone to
the bank to make inquires about this money and I spoke with the Manager of
International remittance who assured me that everything is intact and
promised to help me transfer this money to my foreign partners bank account
as soon as we are ready and I provide my partners foreign bank account for
them.
But the manager is very concerned because of my age. I am 20 years and as
such advised that I should look for a matured person that will represent me
at the bank.
If you are willing to assist us, please let us know immediately so that you
will arrange the transfer of the money to your account with the bank. Please
note that I can only offer you 25% of the total money as compensation for
your noble assistance in accodiance with my mothers advise. I am interested
in any profitable commercial venture which you consider very good in your
country and you would also get a school for me, my little sister and cousin
so that we can finish our college education. Please there is urgent need for
the money to be transferred to your account because of the political crises
they are having in Cote d'Ivoire now. I am hoping to hear your urgent
response so that I can not look for another foreign partner.
Thank you and may God bless you and your dear family.
KINDLY REPLY US TO THIS EMAIL; benson2005@correctionsmail.com
Yours sincerely.
Benson and Linda Muzaza.
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