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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: "mcpeter" <mcpeter@ozu.es>
Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 15:33:11 -1000
Subject: PARTNERSHIP NEEDED
I am mcpeter, the Manager of Delivery/Operations at the Finance Security
Company here in Europe. Our firm is a private Security Company of high
repute with years of outstanding service to the people of Africa especially
top Government Officials and Military Leaders in Africa and Asia. 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 of top secret. To be explicit and
straight to the point, some time early 1997, a reputable client of ours
deposited a Consignment in our Company's 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 effort to contact this client to redeem the demurrage, which his
consignment has accumulated, we discovered that our client was the former
President of the Federal Republic of Zaire, who died of illness a
fter he was dethroned in the same year the Consignment was entrusted into
our care.
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9709/07/mobutu.wrap/
Since the death of our client President Mobutu Sese-Sekou, none of his
benefactors has come forward to claim the Consignment with us, which means
that non of his relatives or aids had any knowledge of this Consignment. Out
of curiosity I decided to secretly check the box that our client deposited
in our Vault. To my surprise I discovered that the two boxes that were
registered as family treasures by our client actually contained a
considerable amount of money in United States Dollars. The amount I can
verify from the Insurance company when I see you are interested.
Since this development I have been nursing plans secretly to found out
>from enquiries and the foreign media that our late client siphoned a lot of
money from his Country while 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 in
our care. I am now soliciting your noble assistance to assist me in
transferring this money out of Europe to another continent or your Country
for immediate investment with your assistance. I have also decided that you
will generously be entitled to 35% of the total amount as i would not want
to be greedy about this money.
Upon my receipt of your reply confirming your willingness to assist me in
this transaction, I will immediately arrange and transfer all the rights of
ownership of this Consignment to your name through the help of my lawyer to
facilitate easy clearance in our security company and transfer of the
complete funds to your Country for onwards investment. This transaction is
risk free. Please maintain absolute confidentiality on this matter. So if
you know you can assist me then forward to me immediately the following
information’s.
1)NAMES AND ADDRESS
2) PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
3)YOUR NATIONALIY
I await your most prompt response through my private email Address
mcpeter_2@mail.vu
mcpeter@ozu.es
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