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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: charlesmobutu1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:43:09 +0000
Subject: PROPOSAL
FROM MR. CHARLES MOBUTU.
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT.
AMALGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA BANK),
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA
Dear Friend,
I am Mr Charles Mobutu, a credit officer with Amalgamated Bank of South
Africa, ABSA.
I have an urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. I honestly apologize and
hope I do not cause you much embarrassment by contacting you through this
means for a transaction of this magnitude, but this is due to confidentiality
and prompt access reposed on this medium.
Furthermore, due to this issue on my hands now,it became necesary for
me to seek your assistance, and it is imperative for me to know your
opinion on late Dr. George Brumley,a good customer of our bank,who suddenly
died in a plane crash on Monday, July 21, 2003 with his entire family.Dr.
George Brumley as a known philanthropists to many charitable and humanitarian
organisations,prior to his death, had great intentions to build
charitable homes for the poor and the less privilages in Africa.A
vision he had long ago which made him to save by depositing a hugh sum of $30million
us in our bank here for years. There is no one alive to claim this money
since he had his wife and children perished in the plane crash.Below is the
website of the crash;
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html
It is in this regard that i wish that you will co-operate with me so
that we will claim the aforementioned amount from the bank who will keep
using this money or at the expiration of some years pushes this money into
the bank coffers as treasure bills should none of his next of kins comes up
for the claim. All i will expect you to do is to pose as his next of kin
and forward an application to the bank asking the bank to transfer the said
amount into your account.If you follow my instructions till the end we will
succeed.You will present your bank account where the bank will transfer
this money.I will fly into your country to take my share as soon as the
money hits your account.Be rest assure that this transaction poses no risk to you
as everything around it is quite legal and 100% riskfree considering the
fact that no other person will ever counter your claim until eternity.
I will like you to provide immediately your full name and address so
that i will have the confidence and trust to work with you.
As soon as the money is paid into your account it will be shared in
the ratio of 65% for me and 30% for you and 5% for Expenses Incurred in
thecourse of the transaction because we will make some. Upon your response
I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that
will help you understand the transaction. Please send me your
confidential
telephone and fax numbers to me for easy
communication.
Awaiting your urgent reply.
Thanks and regards.
Mr.Charles Mobutu.
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