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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: "Engr.James" <engr_jd@katamail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: engr_jamese@excite.com
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 12:08:45 +0000
Subject: From James
For the attention of: Managing Director/C.E.O.
I write not only to introduce myself to you, but also tender a joint investment business proposal for your considerations and acceptance. I know that receipt of this mail shall be a great surprise to you considering the fact that we did not know each other or had any business negotiations before now.
I am also aware of the fact that there is a lot of fraudulent business proposals circulating around the world, particularly scam letters originating mostly from African countries. which makes it imperative for one to be extremly careful before accepting and venturing any business proposal from unfamilier person like me. I however, pray your respected self not to allow the above unatural abnomalities to influence your decision to accept my genuine proposal and intentions which undoubtedly would be of immense mutual benefits to both of us. I pledge to you for urgent and dedicated attention which this issue deserves.
I am Engr. James Dowell from Liberia. I was born in the year 1970 and hold a Msc. degree in chemical engineering from university of Monrovia. Before my resignation last week in my working place, I was a head of department in Printing and Minting Security Co. of Liberia. My resignation from office is as a result of my intention to go into private business with you using the capital I have at my disposal now. Prior to employment with Printing & Minting Security Co of Liberia, I was one of the trusted aids of ex president Charles Taylor who was forced to exile by Economic Community of West African States peace keeping forces in conjunction with United Nations peace keeping forces as a way to restore peace a civil war turn country-Liberia for years.
My former boss recently contacted me with information that he personally deposited some items in five safe trunks with a security company in Monrovia. He forwarded the deposit documents to me by DHL with instructions to claim the items on his behalf and send four of the cases to him while I should retain one as a gift for my honesty and loyalty to him during his turbulent tenure in office.
The four cases have been sent through his network arrangement to his exile country. I opened my own case to surprisely discover that it contains the sum of US$20,000,000.00 packed and arrangement in such a way that it would be difficult to identity it as money. My ex boss warned that I should not expose this issue as neither the management of the security company nor the present regime in Liberia knows about the money otherwise it would be confiscated by present government as it would be considered as part of the returns from sales of Liberia Gold. I am not surprise because the deposit documents stated that the cases contain phographic materials instead of money. By advise of my boss, I resigned from office, moved the money to neighbouring country which is Senegal where I am temporarily staying in a hotel.
The money is presently in safe custody of a good Senegalese custom officer who assisted me at the border on my way to Senegal. The customs at the border threatened to confiscate the case if I do not offer them some tips even though they did not dictect or know that it is money. The good custom officer loaned me some money which I used to settle his colleagues. I voluntarily asked him to keep the case in his custody as collataral pending when I pay him back. I purposely ask him to keep the trunk for safety reasons and not because he loaned me money.
I am therefore seeking your assistance in the following ways.
1.To come down to Senegal in person for a face to face meeting which shall make us know each other better and build trust needed in this kind of cooperation.
2. You shall stand as the owner of this money so that we can easily move it to your country without questions from authorities over here. As a poor income earner, It would be difficult for me to move this money out as the beneficiary without proper proof of how I earned it. You as an expertrait business personality only need to state that you intended to invest the money in Senegal but has now decided otherwise hence the reason to repatrate your money back to your country.
I chose your country for the investment because of its stable economy and polity.
2. You shall advise and guide me on a lucrative business to invest the money. I would prefer a joint venture with you.
I have mapped out 30% of the total money as your commission for the above mentioned contributions. On your arrival, I will go and collect the trunk box from the custom man and bring it to your hotel room.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated acceptance of this proposal.
Yours sincerely,
Engr. James Dowell
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