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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: "Jang Doo-Hwan" <jang_doo_hwan@katamail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 04:11:05 +0100
Subject: God bless you.
Greetings from me and my family,
Getting your contact was not an easy task because since I am not computer
literate, I ordered my son to seek a partner very far away and he went to the
institute of International Business to apply and he paid them the charges.
After two days we were given three names and I did not write the three but
merely close my eyes in prayers and your address became my selection. I
intended to write one of the others if you had not responded on time or if you
eventually change your mind. You see my friend, if you rely solely on God, you
will never go wrong.
My name is JANG DOO-HWAN, The brother of Mr. CHUN DOO-HWAN, the former
President of South Korea who seized power in a military coup in 1979 and who
ruled from 1979 to 1987. My brother was pushed out of office and charged with
treason,corruption and embezzlement of over 21 billion won. He was wrongly
sentenced to death but fortunately AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL stepped in and
assisted in commuting the sentence to life. We thank God that he has finally
being released though still under house arrest in the sense of conditions of
the freedom.
During my brother's regime as president of South Korea, we realized some
reasonable amount of money from various deals that we successfully executed. I
have plans to invest this money for my children’s future on real estate and
industrial production.
Before my brother's was overthrown, I secretly siphoned the sum of
$342,000,000 USD (Three hundred and forty two million United States dollars)
out of Seoul and deposited the money with a security firm that transports
valuable goods and consignments through diplomatic means. I am contacting you
because I want you to deal with the security company and claim
the money on my behalf since I have declared that the consignment belong to my
foreign business partner.You shall also be required to assist me in investment
in your country. I hope to trust you as a God fearing person who will not sit
on this money when you claim it, rather assist me properly, I expect you to
declare what percentage of the total money you will take for your assistance.
When I receive your positive response I will let you know where the security
company is and the payment pin code to claim the money which is very
important. What we need is to indicate your interest that you will assist us
by receiving the money on our behalf, or with special arrangement, you can get
it transfered to you account by bank transfer.For this,you shall be considered
to be the beneficiary of the money. The project in brief, is that the funds
with which we intend to carry out our proposed investments in your country, is
presently in the custody of a Diplomatic Courier Services Company. We cannot
do this ourselves because we do not have any relatives living outside South
Korea and moreover we do not want the government of my Country to know about
the money because they will believe I got the money from my brother while he
was still in office as president .Once you confirm the receipt of the money,I
will come over with my Children to your Country or any Country in Europe to
start a new life with my Family. As soon as payment is effected, and the
amount mentioned above is successfully transferred into your account, we
intend to use our own share in acquiring some estates abroad. For this too you
shall also be our overseas manager of all our properties and you will be paid
based on a certain percentage agreed on by both parties. For now, let all our
communication be by e-mail because my line is right now connected to the South
Korean Telecommunication Network services therefore we can not take the
chances of being heard.
Please also send me your telephone and fax number. I will ask my son to
contact you to give you more details on after I have received a response from
you.
I am going to introduce you to him as an age long friend so as to prevent him
from using any of his own friends who I regard as sycophants who are around
him for financial gains and treachery if he gives them this opportunity. This
I got from the experience I had when the people turned against Chun, my
brother that became the prelude of our sorrow. The reason why it took this
long was that the security company’s agreement with me was that my brother
must personally sign the Power of
Attorney that will transfer title to the prospective beneficiary. It was a
long wait but it paid off.
His excellency, Chun Doo-Hwan does not want to be personally involved for
security reason. Your quick response will be highly appreciated. You can also write me through my email address : jang_doo_hwan@fastermail.com
Thank you in anticipation of your cooperation.
Yours faithfully,
JANG DOO-HWAN.
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