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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: "samuel savimbi" <savimbi38@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: sam_savimbi2000@tiscali.it
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 03:28:57 -0800
Subject: HELP MY FAMILY.
Goodday,
I know that this letter will come to you as a surprise due to the fact
that we have not yet met each other before, but please I will like you
to
consider my present
family troubles and be rest assured that there is no cause for alarm.
Please
put yourself in my
position and help me the way you will expect people to assist you to
redeem
your family's
wealth.
It is my humble pleasure to write this letter irrespective of the fact
that
you do not know me.
However, I came to know of you in my private search for a reliable and
trustworthy person that can handle a confidential transaction of this
nature
in respect of
this,I got your contact through an uprooted search on the internet.
Though
I know that a
transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and
worried,
but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day I am
Mr.
Samuel Savimbi, son of the late rebel leader
Jonas Savimbi of Angola who was killed on the 22nd of February 2002.
Presently,
I am desperately
looking for a trustworthy person to assist me in this confidential
business.
My late father, Jonas Savimbi lodged huge sums of money realized from
the
sales of diamonds and
other precious stones / metals in different banks in Europe. My father
is
presently no more, and
the movement of his family members (including me) is highly
restricted,all
his bank accounts and
properties have been frozen and seized. We are forbidden to either
travel
abroad or out of our
immediate localities. Presently, I have just discovered a huge deposit
made
by my father from the
money realized from the last sales of diamonds before is death .
My father had deposited this money as diplomatic consignment with a
security
firm in Europe, I
have called the security firm and they have confirm to me that the
consignment
is with them. I
have all the documents with me right now that is be needed to collect
the
consignment from the
security firm, my father has instructed the security firm in his
deposit
request to release
consignment to any three family members which includes myself, my
mother
and only sister who is
also dead incase of emergency or death.Right now my family has given me
the authority to do
everything possible to get the consignment out as this is the only hope
we have now to bring the
family out of its present poor financial state.
I am therefore soliciting your help to have this consignment collected
by
you and the funds
transferred into your account. I will give you all the necessary
documentations
to facilitate your collection of the consignment personally.
The government has no or will never have knowledge of this business, so
there is no need to be worried about your safety. I guarantee you your
safety.Once
I have your
complete assurance that you can handle this, I will immediately send to
you the relevant
documents that will enable you take possession of the consignments.
This
will include certificate of
deposit and shipment airway bill and all other relevant documents.
However,
in return for all your
assistance we have decided to offer you 15% of the total amount of
money
as your share and 5% for
all your expenses which will include your travel expenses and every
other
expenses you incure
in the cause of this transaction, such as your telephone bills etc,this
makes a total of 20%
my family has agreed to give to you for helping us secure the money.
I am waiting for your response to enable us proceed.PLEASE REPLY TO MY
CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL ADDRESS.
Regards,
Samuel Savimbi.
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