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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: haroldmfw2@tiscali.it
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 21:48:50 -0800
Subject: cooperation
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
NAME: MR. HAROLD MFWAMBA
SUBJECT: YOUR ASSISTANCE
COUNTRY: BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY: COTONUO
My Dear Friend,
I am highly compelled upon strict recommendation, to write you this very
urgent and confidential letter. I do hope my letter will not embarrass you
since I had no previous correspondence with you and hope this mail will
not come to you as a surprise.
I am sending this proposal with due sense of humanity, responsibility and
with hope
that you will give it a due attention. I regret the inconvenience it may
cause you based on the condition that we have not met before.
My name is Harold Mfwamba, a son to the personal assistant to Laurent Kabila,
the late head of state/President of Democratic Republic of Congo. I am contacting
you with hope that you will be of great assistance to us and also developing
a cordial relationship with you. My father along with the late head of
state (Laurent Kabila) and some top officials of their past administration
were killed in a palace coup in January 2001,.Since then,he current attitude
of the present government headed by Laurent Kabila's son (Joseph) towards
my family has indeed made life quite unbearable for us, thus forcing us
to run to Republic of Benin to seek for political asylum.
Fortunately, my late father had Twelve million and five hundred thousand
United States
Dollars (US$12.5 million) cash, which they intended to use for arms importation
then to
quell the rebellion and wars from other opposing forces before their untimely
death.
This money was however diverted to and kept in a private security company
in Europe. This money was deposited for safe keeping in the security vault
of a Security agency by my father preparatory to being claimed abroad for
investment purposes (under the guise that moneyhas been remitted to the
arms dealers) before his untiemly death leaving a clause that an expatriate
partner could only claim it.
It is only my family and myself that know where the money is kept and have
the necessary documents and picture of this deposit. May his soul rest is
peace Due to the current situation in my country concerning government?s
vendetta toward my family and other sundry crisis of leadership and rebel
uprising, we decided to seek your assistance to act as that expatriate who
will claim this money from the sucurity company on our for the purpose of
investment as intended by my father. We cannot take the money back to Congo
at all again.
Note that my family as asylum seekers with refugee status in Benin Republic
is currently
being protected by our host government. Towards this effect, an embargo
restricting my family members from traveling or carrying out financial transactions
without their express permission is in force. However, I have an arrangement
on how you can help us to claim this money on our behalf after receiving
some assurances from you of the safety of our own share and that you will
only take the commission that we will offer you.
This money personally belongs to us and we intend that it still be used
for investment. No record ever existed concerning this money, neither is
the money traceable by the
government because there is no documentation concerning the funds in the
Federal Treasury of Democratic Republic of Congo or Republic of Benin where
I am presently living as a refugee.
The company in Europe has confirmed that as soon as a foreign expatriate
whom the family will bring comes, they will immediately formalize arrangement
and release the consignment to him/her. Bearing in mind that your assistance
is highly needed to recieve this fund on behalf of the family, we propose
a commensurate commission of 40% of the total sum to you for the expected
services and assistance While 5% is mapped out for miscellaneous and other
associated expenses while 55% is for the family.
On your positive consent, I shall expect you to contact me urgently to enable
us discuss about thisand have the documents prepared on your name and send
to you for the claim. Your urgent response is highly needed.. I must use
this opportunity to implore you to exercise utmost indulgence to keep this
matter extraordinarily confidential, while
I await your prompt response.
Best regards,
MR. HAROLD MFWAMBA
Pls. reply here haroldmfw@jumpy.it
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