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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: "ANTONIO JEFFERS" <antonio_jeffers@katanail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: antonio_jeffers@fastermail.com
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 01:46:10 -0800
Subject: ASSISTANCE
Dear Friend,
My name is ANTONIO JEFFERS, and I am writing you from my
home in Santa Clara, about 165 miles east of
Havana,the Capital City of Cuba. Santa Clara is known
for two landmarks; The famous Revolutionary, the
Guevera is buried here; and it is home to one of
Cuba's largest universities, La Universidad Central
"Martha Abreu" de Las Villas. This is a compelling
story, and I beg you to be patient and read through to
the end?I was adopted in 1960, at age of 14 months by
Mr. Giovanni Jeffers, a Sugar and tobacco millionaire;
some say he also made his fortune from the lucrative
illicit drugs trade. My adoption brought so much
controversy that Mr. Giovanni was forced by his family
to put me into a foster home at age of 5,where I
stayed until maturity; Like most Cuban youths, I
dreamt of freedom, which every one here knows is
called America; like most youths, in time, I joined an
Anti-Castro group and that merited automatic 24 hours
round the clock surveillance by the Secret Police, but
this is also normal in Cuba! My father nevertheless
funded my education through the above mentioned
university,where I graduated in law. I am now a
lawyer, making just enough to take care of my wife
Vanassa, and 3 boys, Junior, Denis, and woodison.
Sadly, My father died in 1998; left only his wife and
family (he died childless), and I was not invited to
his funeral by his family, but we mourned him deeply;I
had no memory of my real father; but I loved him for
his kindness to me; he frequently defied his family to
visit me?When I got married, he gave my wife a ring
present which we later found out was a diamond ring!
His Last Will and testament was read and probated. No
mention was made of me and my family. Understandably,I
carried on with my life. Two weeks ago, I received a letter from Valencia,Spain a country in Europe, from a
Commission, and the contents of that letter put me
into shock! I kept the letter for a week without
mentioning it to my wife. Eventually I revealed
everything to her?apparently My late father,
Mr.Giovanni had provided for us after all! Mr.
Giovanni had bought shares worth about 8 Million USD
in 1978, (when I turned 18) and left it in my
name;over time.( I am made to understand that the
current market value is far in excess of this
figure?). The letter explained that according to the
terms and agreement reached with my late father, the
shares were to be delivered to me (The Beneficiary)
one calendar year after his death; The Director of
Operation of the Commission in his letter apologized
to me for waiting so long to contact me; information
of my father?s death simply did not reach him until a
chance newspaper publication alerted him of the fact.
I was then invited to come forward to Spain, to claim
my Inheritance! The total current value of my share now stands at approximately USD43 million and rising!
But this simple invitation to travel to Spain is
fraught with problems! I have no International
Passport! It is impossible to travel out of
Cuba,unless with special permission which will of
course take months of paperwork to procure?As an
Anti-Castro sympathizer,I have absolutely no hope of
leaving Cuba legally?The only option is to leave by
illegal ferry to the American Coast of Miami, which is
extremely dangerous?Every one knows that success rate
is about 30%, the unlucky get captured and repatriated
back to prison. But the rich and the connected have a
better chance by using low flying aircraft ( which
will beat the Cuban Radar) to smuggle themselves out.
I therefore desperately need your help! I need you to
contact the Commission in Spain on my behalf ; secure
the Share Certificates from the Commission, and
sell/redeem the shares for the current market value
and deposit the money into your Bank Account. Once the
money is secured, I will make the usual underground
deal to be smuggled out of Cuba by aircraft, to
freedom! There is absolutely NO RISK to you in this
transaction; I and my family are the ones at risk...
Therefore, I will make no attempt to call you by land
based telephone,which is routinely bugged and
monitored by the Secret Police. In consideration of
your expenses during the course of this transaction, I
freely offer you 40% of the value of my shares. If you
are willing to help me recover my inheritance, please
so indicate in your return reply mail and I will follow up with more details of the Commission contact address and also more details of the transaction. > Looking forward to your urgent reply,And please know
that this transaction is very confidential ,so please
do not disclose it to anybody. For security reasons, i advise you respond through my alternative email
address: antonio_jeffers@fastermail.com
Sincerely Yours,
ANTONIO JEFFERS
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