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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: "david botha" <david_botha55@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 23:50:00 +0100
Subject: INPORTANT/CONFIDENCIAL
MR.DAVID BOTHA
MOULIN ROUGE HOTEL
93 CLAIM STREET CNR ESSELIN STREET
JOHANESBURG SOUTH AFRICA
TEL:0027 73 763 7026
Dear SIR/MADAM
This letter might surprise you because we have met neither in person nor by
correspondence. I got your contact through my personal search, you were
revealed as being quite astute in private Entrepreneurship.However, I am the
first son of His Royal Majesty (Late) Mr.Botha .Y. William, the traditional
ruler of Bonny Village in the Oil rich area of Bakasi Land in the southern
Province of Cameroon.I am making this contact to you in respect of US$20.5M
(Twenty million Five hundred thousand United States Dollars), which I
inherited from my late father.
As You may be aware that my country is getting some crude oil from Bakasi
Land in the southern region of Cameroon. My father was the ruler of the
richest community in cameroom. My community produce 5.8% of the total annual
Oil production in Cameroon and 0.5% of the Dollar value of each barrel was
paid to my father as royalty by the Federal Government to our community.In
his position as the royal head and chairman of the Bonny Oil trust fund.
Foreigners often refer to his kingdom as the Gas/Oil Land (Bakasi). This
isbecause the island floats atop one of the largest gas and oil deposits
anywhere in the world. This explains is why the island is home to several
Multinational oil companies, such as Shell, Exxon-Mobil, Chevron and one of
Cameroon's most expensive ventures in recent time,Cameroon Liquefied Natural
Gas Company (NLNG), these companies also offers my father a lot of
gratifications as the royal father of the kingdom where they operate. Some
of this money was accumulated from royalties paid to my father as
compensation by the Oil firms located in our area, for hampering Agriculture
which is our main source of livelihood. Unfortunately my Father died from a
prohibited diabetis.
Before his death in the Yaounde General Hospital( Capital City of Cameroon)
secretely he willed to me the sum of US$20.5M (Twenty million Five hundred
thousand United States Dollars) and he safely deposited this money in cash
into a consignment and kept it in the custody of a security company here in
south Africa.I have the certificate of Deposit and any information you wish
to have as a proof to show for it.
I am in need of help to safe guide this money so as to settle down and build
my future. Right now, I am in worry and do not want this money to stay much
more in the security company because, I don't want it to incur an extra cost
on the deposit.
I am in South Africa (where the money was deposited) for three days now to
discuss the method of transfer with the security company.If you can help me
in this my time of need to invest this money in a Funiture business in your
country,I will give you 25% of the total sum, while 75% will be kept for
me.I look forward to your helping me and Please,do not hesitate to contact
me on my private telephone number listed above,for further information.
please do not insitate to contact me on my direct telephone listed above.
Yours sincerely,
MR.DAVID BOTHA
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