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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: mike kabila <mrmikekabila2000@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:26:23 +0100 (BST)
Subject: INVESTMENT OFFER
NO 10 OSBORN PLAZA
GOSFORTH JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA
E-mail; mrmikekabila2000@yahoo.co.uk
Dear ,
INVESTMENT OFFER
In appreciation of your esteemed contact received through a reliable source and the choice of your country I wish to introduce myself, I am Mr, Mike Kabila the son of the late Democratic Republic of Congo President Laurent Desire Kabila of the blessed memory. I know this letter might come to you as a surprise but I honestly do not intend to surprise you.
I write this letter in respect of my intention to invest the sum of US$30.6M( thirty million six hundred thousand United State Dollars) with you. I inherited this money from my mother. This money was got through the smuggling and sale of Diamond and Timber when my father was the head of state. My mother though not her legal wife used her privilege position to engage in the business of Diamond and Timber since she knows that her survival will depend on how much she can out of the privilege situation.
When my father was assassinated on 16TH Jan. 01 by one of his bodyguards Lt. Rashidi Kasereke through the conspiracy of some top army officers that wanted to topple him I and my mother escaped to Zimbabwe with the box containing the money and some other valuables because of the fear that we might be arrested by my half brother Lt. General Joseph Kabila the present head of state.
Actually his mother and my mother are not in the best of relationship because of whom among them will be the first lady tussle and this ultimately affected us their children.Considering the relationship between Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo new government my mother advised me to leave to South Africa with the boxes containing the money. On getting to South Africa where I have been living since then as a political refugee I quickly deposited the boxes with a reputable security company as a family valuables as I was afraid of being defraud.
More over I could not take such a huge foreign currency to the bank without raising suspicion on my person. I have the depository agreement and the certificate of the deposit issued to me by the security company with me and will fax copies to you as we progress with this transaction.
I contacted you because I don't want to invest this money in South Africa due to my status here as a political Refugee. And moreover my financial adviser is of the opinion that investing this money abroad should be the best investment for me.
I will be honored if I can be given the privilege of investing this money with you. Please I will appreciate it if you contact me with or my email address above to confirm the receipt of my letter and for further discussion. More also treat this letter with utmost confidentiality because of my safety and the money. I eagerly await your reply.
Thanks and God bless
Yours truly,
Mr Mike Kabila.
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