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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: Jerom Savimbi <jeromsavimbi4@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: jeromsavimbi@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:57:35 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Asking for your assistance
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: jeromsavimbi4@yahoo.com
- Dear Sir/Madam,I apologized for using this medium to reach you for a Transaction/ business of this magnitude, but this is due to confidentiality required for the smooth operation of the transaction. It is withtrust that I wish to contact you on this matter concerning the transfer of Twenty Million United States Dollars (US$20,000,000.00). I am Mr. Jerom Savimbi the son of the late leader of Unita Rebel Jonas Savimbi of Angola who died on the 22nd February 2002. Please you can visit the website below for more details on my fathers death. http://www.empereur.com/angola.html I managed to get your contact details through world on line here in Southeast Asia. My movement and that of other members of my family has been highly restricted in Angola but, happily I was able to move out of Angola and I'm now in Southeast Asia. Before the death of my father he deposited the sum of Twenty Million United States Dollars (US$20,000,000.00) Cash in a Security Trust/Financial Institution in JAKARTA-INDONESIA for Safe keeping only. I am currently in indonesia as an asylum seeker pending when I get a Foriegn Partner/Investor because the financial laws here in the REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA does not allow me as an asylum seeker to operate any bank account or to engage in such financial transactions. I have sort for your assistance to retrive the said funds and transfer same to your Country or any other safe place outside Indonesia for future investment as per your instruction and guidance.Please treat with the strictest confidentiality and utmost urgency. You can contact me immediately through my Private Email.Your earliest response would be highly appreciated as I look forward to a benefitting partnership with you. Best regards, Mr.Jerom Savimbi
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