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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: "mrsmariammobutusese_seko@web-mail.com.ar" <mrsmariammobutusese_seko@web-mail.com.ar>
Reply-To: mrsmariammobutusese_seko@web-mail.com.ar
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 09:31:43 -1200
Subject: PLS. NOTE, VERY URGENT
DEAR FRIEND.
I AM VERY SORRY IF THIS EMAIL HAS COME TO YOU AS
UNSOLICITE MAIL FOR I DON'T MEAN TO INVADE YOUR
PRAVACY, PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF THIS IS RUDE.
I AM CHIEF/MRS,MARIAM SESE-SEKO WIDOW OF LATE PRESIDENT
MOBUTU SESE-SEKO OF ZAIRE? NOW KNOWN AS DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC).I GOT YOUR CONTACT FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.
I AM MOVED TO WRITE YOU THIS LETTER, THIS WAS IN
CONFIDENCE CONSIDERING MY PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCE AND
SITUATION. I ESCAPED ALONG WITH MY HUSBAND AND TWO
OF OUR SONS TIMOTHY AND MUKOKO OUT OF
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO(DRC) TO ABIDJAN,COTE
D'IVOIRE WHERE MY FAMILY AND I SETTLED, WHILE WE
LATER MOVED TO SETTLED IN MOROCCO WHERE MY HUSBAND
LATER DIED OF CANCER DISEASE.
HOWEVER DUE TO THIS SITUATION WE DECIDED TO CHANGED
MOST OF MY HUSBAND'S BILLIONS OF DOLLARS DEPOSITED
IN SWISS BANK AND OTHER COUNTRIES INTO OTHER FORMS
OF MONEY CODED FOR SAFE PURPOSE BECAUSE THE NEW HEAD
OF STATE OF(DRC) MR LAURENT KABILA HAS MADE ARRANGEMENT
WITH THE SWISS GOVERNMENT AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
TO FREEZE ALL MY LATE HUSBAND'S TREASURES DEPOSITED IN
SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
HENCE MY CHILDREN AND I DECIDED WHEN THINGS GETS BETTER,
LIKE NOW THAT PRESIDENT KABILA IS DEAD AND THE SON TAKING
OVER(JOSEPH KABILA). ONE OF MY LATE HUSBAND'S CHATEAUX IN
SOUTHERN FRANCE WAS CONFISCATED BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT,
AND AS SUCH I HAD TO CHANGE MY IDENTITY SO THAT MY
INVESTMENT
WILL NOT BE TRACED AND CONFISCATED.
I HAVE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF 100 MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS
WITH A FINANCE AND SECURITY FIRM IN EROUPE,THE FUNDS ARE
SECURITY CODED TO PREVENT THEM FROM KNOWING THE CONTENT.
WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS TO INDICATE YOUR INTEREST THAT
YOU WILL ASSIST US BY RECEIVING THE MONEY ON OUR BEHALF.
ACKNOWLEDGE THIS MESSAGE, SO THAT I CAN INTRODUCE YOU TO
MY SON (TIMOTHY) WHO HAS THE OUT MODALITIES FOR THE CLAIM
OF THE SAID FUNDS. I WANT YOU TO ASSIST IN INVESTING THIS
MONEY,BUT I WILL NOT WANT MY IDENTITY REVEALED.I WILL ALSO
WANT TO BUY PROPERTIES AND STOCK IN MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES
AND TO ENGAGE IN OTHER SAFE AND NON-SPECULATIVE INVESTMENTS.
MAY I AT THIS POINT EMPHASISE THE HIGH LEVEL OF
CONFIDENTIALITY,
WHICH THIS BUSINESS DEMANDS,AND HOPE YOU WILL NOT BETRAY
THE
TRUST AND CONFIDENCE,WHICH I REPOSE IN YOU.IN CONCLUSION, IF
YOU WANT TO ASSIST US ,MY SON SHALL PUT YOU IN THE PICTURE
OF
THE BUSINESS, TELL YOU WHERE THE FUNDS ARE CURRENTLY BEING
MAINTAINED AND ALSO DISCUSS OTHER MODALITIES INCLUDING
RENUMERATIONS FOR YOUR SERVICES.
FOR THIS REASON KINDLY FURNISH US YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION,
THAT IS YOUR PERSONAL TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR
CONFIDENTIAL
PURPOSE AND ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THIS MAIL USING THE
ADDRESS THAT ACCOMPANY THIS MAIL BODY.
BEST REGARDS,
CHIEF/MRS M. SESE SEKO.
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