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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: "urobo khumalo" <urobokhumalo@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 13:07:01 +0200
Subject: PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
FROM: MR. UROBO KHUMALO.
DIRECTOR, DELIVERY/OPERATIONS)
PINACLE SECURITIES,
SOUTH AFRICA.
urobokhumalo@hotmail.com
TRANSFER OF US$25.5M FOR INVESTMENT
Dear Sir,
I am Mr. UROBO KHUMALO, the Director of Delivery/Operations in the above
mentioned Security
Company here in South Africa. Our firm is a security company of high repute
with years of outstanding service 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, some time early in 1997, a reputable client of
our 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,
which 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 Federal Republic of Zaire, who died of illness after he
was dethroned in the same year.
The consignment was entrusted 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 none of his relation or aides had
any knowledge of this consignment. Hence out of curiosity I decided to
secretly scan through the box that our client deposited in our vault. And to
my surprise I discovered that the box, that was registered as treasures 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 our client siphoned and now that he is dead there is no trace of 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 of this transaction, I will immediately arrange and transfer all the
right of ownership of this consignment to your name, to facilitate your easy
clearance and transfer of the complete fund to your
country for onward investment.
This transaction is 100% risk free. Please maintain absolute confidentiality
on this matter.
I await your most prompt response through my confidential telephone and fax
numbers as stated
above.
Your's faithfully,
MR. UROBO KHUMALO.
_________________________________________________________________
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