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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: "robort thamba" <robortthemba_01@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 08:42:31 +0200
Subject: From:Robot Themba
FROM: MR. ROBORT THEMBA
TEL:+27-83-76-222-38
EMAIL; robortthemba_01@hotmail.com
Dear,
I am Mr Robort Themba, the General manager of Alert Security (pty) ltd,
South Africa. Our firm is a security company of high repute with outstanding
service to the people of Africa.
I have resolved to contact you through this medium based on business
proposal that will be of mutual benefit to both of us. I have not discussed
this transaction with anybody because it is secrecy. To be explicit and
straight to the point, some time early 1997, a reputable client deposited a
consignment in our security company, vault for safekeeping. And since then
our client has failed to come forward to claim his consignment, which has
accumulated a considerable amount of money in demurrage.
Consequently, in our bide to contact this client to redeem the demurrage
which the consignment had Accumulated, we discovered that our client was the
former president of the federal Republic of Zaire, who died of illness after
he was dethroned in the same year, the consignment was entrusted into our
care.
Since the death of our client President Mobutu SeseSeko, none of his
relatives or aids had any knowledge of this consignment. Hence out of
curiosity, I decided to secretly open the two boxes that our client
deposited in our vault. And to my surprise, I discovered that the two boxes
that were registered as treasure by our client actually contained a
considerable amount of money in United States Dollars amounting to about
[US$40.5M] dollars. Since this development I have been nursing plans
secretly.
I also found out from enquiries and the foreign media that our late clients
siphoned a lot of money from his country when he was in office as head of
state. It is my conviction that the consignment in our vault was part of the
money that our client siphoned, and now that he is dead there is no trace to
this money and that is why I want to transfer this money out of South Africa
to your country for immediate investment with your assistance.
I have also decided that you will generously be entitled to 35% of the total
amount, if you assist me in this transaction. I will immediately arrange and
transfer all the right of owner ship of this consignment to your name, to
facilitate your easy clearance and transfer of the complete funds to your
country for onward investment. This transaction is 100% risk free.
Please maintain absolute confidentiality on this matter. I await your most
prompt response through my mobile number or e- mail: above.
Yours faithfully
Mr. Robort Themba
General Manager .
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