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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: desmond02@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:21:22 -0700
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL
My Dearest Friend,
My name is Edwin Desmond, and I am writing you from my home in Santa Clara,
about 165 miles east of Havana, the Capital City of Cuba. Santa Clara is
known for two landmarks; the famous Revolutionary, the Guevara is buried
here; and it is home to one of Cuba's largest universities, La Universidad
Central "Martha Abreu" de Las Villas. This is a compelling story, and I
beg you to be patient and read through to the end?
I was adopted in 1960, at age of 14 months by Mr. Giovanni Desmond, a Sugar
and tobacco millionaire; some say he also made his fortune from the lucrative
illicit drugs trade. My adoption brought so much controversy that Mr. Giovanni
was forced by his family to put me into a foster home at age of 5, where
I stayed until maturity; Like most Cuban youths, I dreamt of freedom, which
every one here knows is called America; like most youths, in time, I joined
an Anti-Castro group and that merited automatic 24 hours round the clock
surveillance by the Secret Police, but this is also normal in Cuba! My father
nevertheless funded my education through the above mentioned university,
where I graduated in law. I am now a lawyer, making just enough to take
care of my wife Vanassa, and 3 boys, Junior, Denis, and woodison.
Sadly, My father died in 1998; left only his wife and family (he died childless),
and I was not invited to his funeral by his family, but we mourned him deeply;
I had no memory of my real father; but I loved him for his kindness to me;
he frequently defied his family to visit me when I got married, he gave
my wife a diamond ring present. His Last Will and testament was read and
probated. No mention was made of me and my family. Understandably, I carried
on with my life.
Two weeks ago, I received a letter from London, U.K. a country in Europe,
from a Security Company, and the contents of that letter put me into shock!
I kept the letter for a week without mentioning it to my wife. Eventually
I revealed everything to her, apparently my late father, Mr. Giovanni Desmond,
had provided for us after all! Mr. Giovanni Desmond had set aside a huge
amount of money, in cash, in a safe security vault in London, which he left
in my name because of the apathy members of his family pose to my relationship
with him. The letter I received from the director of the security company,
explained that according to the terms and agreement reached with my late
father, the deposits in the vault were to be delivered to me (the Beneficiary)
one calendar year after his death; The Director of operation of the security
company in his letter apologized to me for waiting so long to contact me;
information of my father?s death did not reach him until a chance newspaper
publication alerted him of the fact. I was then invited to come forward
to London, to claim my Inheritance! The total current value of cash in the
deposit is approximately USD$43 million, but this simple invitation to travel
to London is fraught with problems! I have no International Passport! It
is impossible to travel out of Cuba, unless with special permission which
will of course take months of paperwork to procure. As an Anti-Castro sympathizer,
I have absolutely no hope of leaving Cuba legally? The only option is to
leave by illegal ferry to the American Coast of Miami, which is extremely
dangerous? Every one knows that success rate is about 30%, the unlucky get
captured and repatriated back to prison. But the rich and the connected
have a better chance by using low flying aircraft (which will beat the Cuban
Radar) to smuggle themselves out.
I have decided that I will make the usual underground deal to be smuggled
out of Cuba by aircraft, to London, once you confirm your desire to help
me.
I therefore desperately need your help! I do know from my profession that
this would entail some procedures and paper works. I am presently not strong
financially to go this alone. My already made plans to be smuggled out of
Cuba by aircraft would have drained my savings. Now I need your help and
mutual understanding to secure these funds. I need you to contact the security
company in London on my behalf before my arrival. I would like this done
before I travel to London for this purpose. On my arrival we shall immediately
secure the value of the Deposit Certificates from the security company,
and retrieve the funds and deposit the money into your Bank Account.
There is absolutely NO RISK to you in this transaction; I and my family
are the ones at risk. Therefore, I will make no attempt to call you by land
based telephone, which is routinely bugged and monitored by the Secret Police
here in Cuba, but could call through a mobile line. However, I shall on
my arrival to London begin telephone conversations with you.
Please I wish to choose you for this venture and I believe you will be in
the position to assist in managing this large sum in a profitable venture
and also to help create a safe heaven for me, my wife and children by making
a residence arrangement for us in your country.
In consideration of your expenses during the course of this transaction,
I freely offer you 20% of the total value of my funds. If you are willing
to help me recover my inheritance, please indicate in your return mail and
I will follow up with more details of the Security Company's contact address
and also more details of the transaction.
Looking forward to your urgent reply.
Sincerely Yours,
Edwin Desmond.
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