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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: "Markus Owens" <markusdesilva1@tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 01:52:05 -1000
Subject: Good Day.
MR.MARKUS OWENS DE SILVA.
TELE:+44-7040129075.
E-mail:markusdesilva1@tiscali.co.uk
GOOD-DAY.
Greetings and with a warm heart I offer you my hand in friendship and I
also pray this email message meets you in a very good time. However strange
or surprising as this message might seem to you for the fact that we have
not met personally or had any dealings in the past, I humbly plead that you
take due consideration of its immense benefit; and i also apologize for
infringing on your privacy if this message is not acceptable to you, for I
make this proposal to you as a person really in need. First and foremost I
will like to introduce myself properly to you. My names is MR.MARKUS OWENS
DE SILVA, a native of Angolares in the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and
Principe, a son to Mr.Julius De Silva who is a formal employee of the Sao
Tome and Principe Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries.
I am writing this email to seek your assistance in helping my family invest
some of my father’s wealth which was gotten through inflated invoice on
exported (Cocoa) goods from his ministry foreign partners over a long period
of time. These accumulated funds that was gotten during his tenure in office
was lodged in a bank account outside our country. Due to the insecurity in
our country we cannot withdraw these funds back into our country for used as
we are afraid we might loose these funds if our government or members of his
formal ministry found out.
We will like to relocate these funds from its present location for positive
investment purpose as this is the only way and means we can utilize this
money and have a better future. As a matter of urgency, we ask for your
assistance in investing this money on a viable venture you might suggest. I
got your email contact through the Internet during my search for a partner
and I hope you will not be annoyed with us for using this medium to reach
you for a business of this magnitude, but this is due to confidentiality and
prompt access reposed on this medium as I do not know of any other means to
do this. We have decided to reward you with 25% of the total amount
$4.5Million as your share in this transaction if you offer us your
assistance in claiming these funds from it's location and also 5% of the
profit that will arise from any
business venture we might invest our funds into.
I will be requiring the following information’s from you to enable us
discuss the way forward and the amount involved in this transaction.
(a) Your complete Names and Nationality.
(b) Your Mailing Address.
(c) Your Telephone/Fax Numbers.
Be informed here that, the arrangement and logistics for this transaction
have been map out and we shall remain grateful for your assistance all the
days of our life. Kindly contact me with is private email address:
markusdesilva@excite.com or call me as I am presently in London with is
number +44-7040129075 whether or not you are interested in assisting as that
will enable me look for another partner in the event of non-interest on your
part.
Thanking you in anticipation’s of your kindness while looking forward to
your response.
Yours Faithfully,
Markus Owens De Silva.
Private e-mail:markusdesilva@excite.com
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