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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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From: Joseph Moi <joseph_moi21@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <joseph_moi01@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 21:55:29 +0200
Subject: FROM: EX PRESIDENT SON JOSEPH JOMO MOI.
From: Joseph Jomo Moi
Dear Friend,
Firstly, my apologies for this intrusion on your privacy. I am Joseph Jomo Moi, the son of the former President of Kenya Mr. Daniel Arap Moi.
I came to know you in the course of my search for a reliable person. I decided to contact you because I believe you are a reputable person that can help me and my mother over this confidential matter. I count on your integrity and honesty to be able to handle this business. My father, Mr. Arap Moi, is the former president of Kenya, In East Africa.
During his reign as President, he was involved in a lot of Monetary deals with a lot of European companies within and outside my country. These companies were used as a means of transferring funds acquired from the sales of Gold and Diamonds, to foreign accounts in Europe, America and Asia.
Amongst the companies he registered was GOLDENBERG COMPANY, which he used as a front for the deposit of US$76,000,000.00 (Seventy Six Million United States Dollars) to this company which never existed. The company has since been declared bankrupt, while the funds have been deposited with a Bank here in Europe, where it is kept for safekeeping.
For more information you can visit these websites:
(1) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3338023.stm
(2)http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3025878.stm
The above fund has since been shared amongst the Directors of GOLDENBERG COMPANY, and my father. My father's share came to US$20.2M. I, being the only child of my mother, who is the 6th wife of my father the (ex-president), have been given all documentation on this transaction, as settlement for my mother and myself. All the documents with which the money was deposited are in the custody of my mother.
We are therefore soliciting your assistance as an honest and trustworthy person that would be willing and capable to receive the money with your account on our behalf from the Bank. For this noble assistance, we are willing to offer 20% of the total amount to you. I do not want to directly claim this money myself in order not to compromise the confidentiality of the deal. I am, at the moment, staying temporarily in Europe, pending the finalization of this business transaction.
Please do indicate your willingness to assist us by responding positively to this message. We are expecting to hear from you. Please contact me only Through my confidential email address.
Best Regards
Joseph Jomo Moi.
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