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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: "telar robertson" <telarobertson03@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:07:34 +0200
Subject: REQUESTING YOUR ASSISTANCE
FROM: TELA ROBERTSON
DIRECTOR, DELIVERY/OPERATIONS
TRANSWORLD SECURITIES
SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: 27-82-832-6136
FAX: 27-11-507-6950
telrobertson01@yahoo.co.in
Dear Sir/Madam
TRANSFER OF US$25.5M FOR INVESTMENT.
I am MR TELA ROBERTSON the Director of Delivery/Operation Transworld
Security and Finance Company South Africa. Our firm is a security and
finance company of high repute with years of outstanding service to the
people of Africa especially top government officials and military leaders in
Africa. I have resolved to contact you through this medium based on business
proposal that will be of mutual benefit to both of us. I have not discussed
this with anybody because of it is of top secret. To be explicit and
straight to the point.
Some time in 1997,a reputable client of ours deposited a consignment in our
company's vault for safekeeping. And since then our client has failed to
come forward to claim his consignment, which has accumulated a huge amount
of money in demurrage. Consequently, in our bid to contact this client to
redeem the demurrage which his consignment had accumulated we discovered
that our client was the Former President of the Federal Republic of
Zaire(Now Republic of Congo)who died of
illness after he was dethroned. In the same year the consignment was
entrusted into our care.
Since the death of our client President Mobutu Seseseko, none of the
benefactor has come to claim the consignment with us, which means that none
of his relatives or aids had any knowledge of such consignment. Hence out of
curiosity I decided to secretly open the box that were registered as
treasure by our client actually contained a considerable amount of money in
United States Dollars
amounting to about TWENTY FIVE MILLON FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATED
DOLLARS (US$25.5Million US Dollars). Since this development I have been
nursing plans secretly.
I also found out from enquiry s and foreign media that our late client
siphoned a lot of money from his country while he was in office as the head
of state. It is my conviction that the consignment in our vault was part of
the money that our client siphoned and now that he is dead, there is no
trace to this money in our care.
I am now soliciting noble assistance to assist me in transferring this money
out of South Africa to your country for immediate investment with your
assistance. I have also decided that you will be generously be entitled to
30% of the total amount. Upon my receipt of your reply confirming your
willingness to assist me in this transaction. I will immediately arrange and
transfer all the right of ownership of this consignment to your name to
facilitate your easy clearance and transfer of the complete funds to your
country for onward investment. This transaction is 100% risk free. Please
maintain absolute CONFIDENTIALITY in this matter.
I await your prompt response through this email address
(telarobertson01@yahoo.co.in) or phone number. Hoping my proposal will
receive your favorable consideration.
MR TELA ROBERTSON.
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