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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: "NZANGA MOBUTU" <mobutu222@msn.com>
Reply-To: josephnzanga@myway.com
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 11:41:49 +0000
Subject: FROM=Nzanga Joseph Mobutu
FROM=Nzanga Joseph Mobutu
Alternative email address
(josephnzanga@myway.com)
Dear Friend,
Good-Day to you my friend.
My Name is Joseph Nzanga Mobutu
Considering the fact that we have not met before,You may consider this
letter as a surprise.
I am seeking for someone that will assist me with a business that has to
do with my family estate which my late father left behind for us.i am
contacting you base on the fact that i want someone that is not known to my
family to assist me in this business and this is for security reasons.
I am the son of the late Mobutu Sese seko, the former President of "ZAIRE"
now democratic
republic of congo . I got your contact over the internet in my search for
assistance.I do not want anybody known to me or my family to be associated
with this money.
I want you to note that this business will benefit both of us . I am seeking
for your assistance in my desire to secure the sum of Twenty-Seven Million
United States Dollars (US$27,000,000.00) and also to front for my family in
the areas of business you consider profitable.
I presume you are aware there are financial dispute between my family (THE
MOBUTU) and the
present civilian Government. You may also have heard how a lot of my
father's bank account in Switzerland and North America has been frozen.
Following the outlined reasons, I am seeking for your assistance in my
desire to secure the sum of Twenty-Seven Million United States Dollars
(US$27,000,000.00) and also to front for my family in the areas of business
you consider profitable.
This Boxes containing the funds have secretly been concealed and deposited
with a Diplomatic Security firm through Diplmatic means where it can easily
be taken delivery of by a recommended beneficiary.
The Boxes containing the funds were shipped as diplomatic items of high
values and will be released
to you by the Security firm based on my recommendations on that note; you
will be presented as My partner who will be fronting for me and my family in
any subsequent ventures.
We as a family have decided to offer you 10% of the total fund for your
assistance if you
are able to help us claim the boxes, 5% for any expenses that may be incured
during this transaction, and the remaining 85% for my family.
Please, I need your entire support and co-operation for the success of this
business ventures, your utmost confidentiality and secrecy is highly
required due to my family's present predicament.
Please indicate your interest to enable us proceed.Please respond to my
private email address(josephnzanga@myway.com)
Regards,
Nzanga Joseph Mobutu
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