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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: jacobmanbosa1@workmail.co.za
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 08:05:15 +0200
Subject: FAMILY REQUEST AND CONFIDENTIAL
MR JACOB MANBOSA,
JOHANESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA
EMAIL:jmanbosa@workmail.co.za
DEAR FRIEND,
I GOT YOUR NAME IN MY SEARCH FOR A FORIEGN PARTNER WHO WILL HELP US, AS OUR STATUS AS REFUGEES CANNOT ALLOW US TO TRANSFER MONEY. PLEASE ACCEPT MY APOLOGY IF THIS EMAIL IS EMBARASING AS YOU DONT KNOW ME. MY MOTHER AND I ARE IN NEED OF URGENT ASSISTANCE.
I AM MR JACOB MANBOSA, SON OF LATE, JOHN MANBOSA, FROM RWANDA WHOM UNTIL HIS DEATH WAS LEAVING WITH HIS FAMILY HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA BECAUSE HE WAS SENT TO EXILE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA OVER DISAGREEMENT OF A POLICY IMPOSE ON HIS PEOPLE, HE LOVED HIS PEOPLE AND WAS WELL LOVED BY HIS CONSTITUENCY.HE HAS ALSO LIVED AS A PHILATROPIST
IN HIS "WILL" HE HAS DEPOSITED A $30,000.000(THIRTY MILLION US DOLLAR) IN A SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA AS VALUABLES IN A CONSIGNMENT, AND HAS ASKED ME AND MY MOTHER TO START LIFE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY THAT IS NOT AN AFRICAN COUNTRY. AND MY FATHER LEFT AN INSTRUCTION TO THE SECURITY COMPANY THAT ON NO ACCOUNT SHOULD THE CONSIGNMENT BE RELEASE TO US EXCEPT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE A FOREIGNER WHO IS TRUST-WORTHY AND CAPABLE TO ASSIST US IN THE TRANSFER OF THE FUNDS INTO AN OVERSEAS ACCOUNT. MY SELF AND MY MOTHER HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU TO ASSIST US IN THE TRANSFER OF THIS MONEY OUT OF SOUTH AFRICA, BECAUSE WE CAN NOT OPEN A NON-RESIDENT ACCOUNT THROUGH WHICH THIS FUND WILL BE CHANNELED OUT TO YOUR NOMINATED OVERSEAS ACCOUNT.
HE HAS WARNED THAT WE SHOULD NOT GO BACK TO OUR COUNTRY? WE WANT TO INVEST THE MONEY IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A WELL-TRUSTED PERSON. I WANT YOU TO STAND AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THIS FUND WITH THE HELP OF MY FATHER’S ATTORNEY. THIS TRANSFER IS 100% RISK FREE.NOTE THAT FOR YOUR TIME AND HELP, 25% OF THIS FUND IS YOURS AND 5% OF THE FUND IS FOR ANY EXPENSES INCURED BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSFER AND THE REMAINNING 70% IS FOR ME AND MY MOTHER TO ENABLE US START UP BUSINESS IN YOUR COUNTRY WITH YOUR SUPPORT.WHEN YOU REPLY I WILL TELL YOU THINGS YOU NEED TO DO. THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING
MR JACOB MANBOSA
(ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY)
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