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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: "MRS MARIAM SESE-SEKO" <mariam_seseseko@telstra.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 04:38:44 -0800
Subject: HELP.....................
From:Mrs. M Sese-Seko
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Mrs. Mariam Sese-Seko widow of late president Mobutu Sese-Seko of
Zaire? Now known as democratic republic of Congo (DRC).I received your
company profile from the chambers of commerce in morocco. 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 mark 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 change 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 laying low in Africa to study
the situation till 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 Twenty eight million six hundred thousand United
States dollars (us$28,600,000,00.) With a security company, for safekeeping.
The funds are security coded to prevent them from knowing the content. What
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 (mark) 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 emphasize 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 remunerations 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.
Best regards,
MRS M. SESE-SEKO.
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