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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: ""ROY&SUSAN LUTHMAN"" <royluthman@webmail.co.za> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 22:08:32 -0800
Subject: A CRY FOR HELP.(SOLICITING FOR ASSISTANCE.)
Urgent and Confidential.
Dear Friend,
No doubt I know you will be surprised to receive this
proposal that I send to you, but not to cause you
embarrassment.It might be a surprise to you where i got
your contact address.I was furnished of your profile from
your country web site I decided to contact you.
I am Roy Luthman a 21 years old boy and my sister is Susan
a 19 years old girl,we are the only survival son and
daughter of late prominate business man Mr. Harrison
Luthman from Yugoslavia. My father left Yugoslavia in the
year 1971 to Angola in Africa there he started a new life
career by buying and selling diamonds to foreign country
such as Belgium i-e Brussels not quite long he met with my
mother an Angola woman and they both engage in marriage all
to enable him to gain ground in Angola.
After some years he had a private mining company called
branch
energy unfortunate for him war broke out and he was
assassinated by the
rebels simply because of diamonds and this led to untimely
wind up of his investment but, nevertheless my father been
a man with foresight had disclose to my mother that he
deposited some huge amount of money with a security company
outside Angola for future project and after his death ,this
lead to immediate evacuation of my mother, myself and my
sister to a country called SOUTH AFRICA where the money is
deposited. So good, so bad, my mother as well after
locating the security company due to much thinking she had
to gave up the spirit some months after arrival.
Now presently I and my sister are lying helplessly in the
refugee camp in JOHANNESBURG. My father deposited $32
million dollars which is in a trunk box and declares it as
a family belonging. Dear I and my sister are hereby crying
and demanding for your assistance over the retrievement of
this consignment out of the security company to your
country for onward lucrative business of our choice, in
which you will be our guardian concerning the investment.
Please we need a God fearing person one that is considerate
in life and ready to be a good friend for us as this is the
only heritage left for us.
Note! 15% of the total amount is map out for you and 5% is
for every
expenses that we may incurs during the transaction. More
also, all the
necessary document concerning the deposit is intact incase
if the need call for it. Please email us with
royluthman@webmail.co.za or call us on +27835178847 immediately you receive this mail.
Thanks and God Bless.
Yours Faithfully
Roy and Susan Luthman.
JOHANNESBURG
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