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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 Blessing Kante" <mrsblessingkante@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:39:11 +0000
Subject: URGENT BUSSINESS ASSISTANCE
FROM: MRS. BLESSING KANTE
TEL : 27-83-552-7408,
Email : mrsblessingkante@hotmail.com
URGENT BUSSINESS ASSISTANCE
ATTN : THE DIRECTOR / C.E.O,
Dear Sir / Madam,
With due respect, trust and humanity, I write to you this proposal which I
believe would be of great interest to you. I am Mrs. Blessing Kante, the
wife of late Mr.Joseph Kante Snr of the blessed memory. Before my husband
was killed by forces loyal to major Johanny Paul Koroma, he was the
director-general of Gold and Diamond mining Corporation (GDMC of Sierra
Leone).
My husband was one of the main classes targeted by the rebel forces in the
course of the revolution, 2 days before his death, he managed to sneak out a
written message to us explaining his conditions and consigning one trunk box
of valuables containing money, which he deposited with a private security
and finance company in South Africa. He instructed me to take my two sons
and move out of Sierra Leone immediately to South Africa before the Peace
Keeping Force of Community of West African States ECOMOG Monitoring team
intervened to arrest the situation of mass killing by the rebels which was
the other of the day, eventually it resulted into full war, I became a widow
over night, helpless situation without a helper, At that moment of calamity
everybody / person was running for his or her life.
In the content of the deed he signed with the Security Company he used the
name of his son which is Mr Joseph Kante Jnr as the next of kin, but the
real content of the box was not disclosed to the security company due to
security reasons. Now as a refugee we have very limited financial rights
here in South Africa. We intent to leave this country immediately with the
whole money for investment in your country because of stable situation, and
mostly for the future benefits of my children. We have since applied for
political asylum. The cash involved inside the box is US$18.5m(Eighteen
million five hundred thousand United States Dollars). I want you to assist
us and claim the box from the security company and get the money deposited
in a local account in South Africa in your name and thereafter you order the
bank to transfer the money into your private account in your country. We
shall also source for good investment, so that we can invest the money
wisely. We have in mind to establish a rewarding investment and good
relationship with you.
Concerning the money, we are prepared to give you reasonable percentage of
20% of the total sum proceeds, meanwhile 5% has been mapped for any expenses
incurred in the course of this transaction. And 75% will be for my family.
If you are willing to help us,contact my elder son Joseph immediatley with
the above phone number or this email address so that he would brief you well
regarding this transaction,please dont forget to include your private phone
and fax number for easy communication.No other person knows about this
transaction apart from me,my two children, a lawyer and one of the bank
managers of the South African reserve bank,who are going to help us in this
transaction.
We await your most urgent response.
Thanks for your co-operation and God bless.
Best regards,
Mrs.Blessing Kante.
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