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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: "jim koffi" <jim_koffi1@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2004 11:42:07 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL
FROM MR. JOHN J. KOFFI
TEL: +27-82-649-2147
E-MAIL:( john_koffi1964@hotmail.com)
DIRECTOR, DELIVERY/OPERATIONS, TRANSWORLD SECURITIES, SOUTH AFRICA
RE:TRANSFER OF US$25.5M FOR INVESTMENT.
I am John j. Koffi ,the director of delivery/Operations Transworld Security
company,South Africa.Our firm is a company of high repute with year of
outstanding services to the people of Africa especially top government
officials and military leaders here in Africa.
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,sometime early 1997 a reputable client of ours
deposited a consignment in our company's vault for safe keeping.And since
then our client has failed to come forward to claim his consignment,has
accumulated a considerable amount of money in demurrage.
Consequently,in our bid to contact this client to redeem the demurrage which
his consignment had
accumulated we discovered that our client was the former President of the
Federation Republic of Zaire,who died of illness after he was dethroned in
the same year the consignment was enthrusted into our care.Since the death
of our client President Mobutu Seseseko,none of his benefactors has come
forward to claim the consignment with us,which means that non of his
relatives or aids has any knowledge of this consignment.
Hence out of curiosity i decided to secretly open the two boxes that our
client deposited in our vault.And to my surprise i discovered that the boxes
that were registered as treasure by our client actually contained a
considerable amount of money in United States Dollars amounting to about
US$25.5million US Dollars.Since this development i have been nursing plans
secretly.I also 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 South Africa to your country for immediate investment with your
assistance. I have also decided that you will generously be entitled to 40%
of the total amount.Upon my receipt of your reply confirming your
willingness to assist me ,I will immediately arrange and transfer all the
rights of ownership of this consignment to your name to facilitate your easy
clearance and transfer of the complete funds to your country for onwards
investment.
This transaction is 100% risk free.Please maintain absolute confidential on
this matter. I await your
most promt response through my telephone or e-mail address at
this(john_koffi1964@hotmail.com)
Yours faithfully,
John j. Koffi.
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