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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: "william beni" <william_beni05@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: william_beni01@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 05:10:42 -0700
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT
Dear,
I know that you may or may not have received a mail a
little similar to this one, I have received so
many of them myself. However, I am writing
to you with total sincerity.
I was an Oil consultant based in the United Kingdom,
and because I helped a lot of foreign Crude Oil
Companies to get Crude Oil Lifting Rights and
lucrative Oil Contracts from Sao Tome & Principe,
I was able to amass a fortune worth USD18million.
On 21st December 2003, I left the UK finally with my
family, and came back to Sao Tome & Principe. But
because of the unfavourable political and economic
climate in here and for security reasons, I left my money
total USD18million in a Security Safe Deposit Vault in
London.
On 22nd December, I and my whole family was involved
in a very bad accident on our way home to our Village
at Benin, about 700 km from Sao Tome. I lost my
entire family in the accident and I myself fell into
a coma which lasted for some while.
I eventually recovered from coma, and was discharged
from the hospital two weeks ago.I was disabled due
to the accident and cannot travel now on Doctors orders.
I also have no money with which to sponsor any one here
to undertake the trip for me. In any case my extended
family here abandoned me in hospital when they realized
that the money which I came back with had been spent on
hospital bills. I am currently living on the charity
of the church. And now I need your help to collect
this money in London and help me in investing it in
a profitable venture in your country. I cannot bring in
this money here for security reasons.
If the money is properly and profitably invested in your
country I intend to leave permanently.
Can I count on your help? If you agree to help me, I
will send you by Post/courier the electronic card key
of my vault so that you can travel to London and open
the vault. You will then remove the money total USD18
million and transfer it to your Bank Account. For your
help and assistance, you will keep 10% of the money
for your self and keep 90% for me in safe custody
until I travel to meet you for investment.
If you agree to help me, please reply giving me the
following information:
1. Your Complete name and Street (POSTAL) address
2. Your Phone number, including mobile
3. Your confidential email address.
Once I receive your reply stating your street postal
address as above, I will send you the Safe Deposit
Vault Key by express mail, and I will also forward to
you more details of this transaction by email. Details
will include the address, contact details including
the website of the Safe Deposit Company in Europe
where my money is currently deposited.
Best regards,
MR. William Beni
Plot 14 Prince Timi Estate,
Porto-Sao Tome,Sao Tome & Principe.
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