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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: "GEORGE RAPHAEL" <george22@prosport.ro>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 18:16:08 +0300
Subject: ATTENTION/DIRECTOR/C.E.O.
ATTENTION/DIRECTOR/C.E.O.
I know you will be surprised to read from me, but please this letter is
a Request from a family in dire of assistance. I am GEORGE RAPHAEL, from
Angola. I Am the first and the only son of the late Brigadier Antonio
Raphael. I am presently Residing in South Africa. I got your contact
address from a reliable friend during the just concluded Business
exhibition in South Africa. And i on behalf of my widowed mother,
(Monica Raphael) . Decided to solicit for your assistance to transfer
the sum USD 18.5 Million inherited from my late father into your
personal/company account. More so i would like to invest this money into
your line of business knowing fully Well that you are trustworthy and
reliable. Before his death he was a brigadier In charge of arms and
ammunitions procurement for the Angola arm. In his " WILL", he
specifically drown my attention to USD 18.5 million, which he Deposited
in a safe box on private security company in South Africa.
INFACT MY FATHER SAID IN HIS WILL AND I QUOTE: "
My beloved son, i wish to draw Your attention to USD 18.5M (Eighteen
million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) I deposited the box
containing this fund in a private security Company in South Africa.
During the war i was very dedicated and committed to Inning the war
against the rebels unfortunately when i found out that senior Army
officers and government functionaries were busy helping themselves with
Government funds and properties and sending to foreign countries. Due to
this,When i and the former, special Adviser to the president were
assigned, by the President (JOSE EDUARDO DOS SANTOS) to purchase arms in
South Africa, we saw This as a golden opportunity and diverted the money
and shared it and i got a Total sum of USD 18.5m. In case of my absence
on earth as a result of death Only, you should solicit for assistance of
a reliable and sincere foreign Partner to assist you to transfer this
money out of South Africa for investment Purpose. i deposited the box in
your name and you can claim it alone with the Deposit code. Your mother
with all the documents. Take good care of your mother And your three
sisters. Bye. From these words of my father, you will understand that
the lives and future of My family depend on this money, as such, i will
be grateful if you can assist us. We are now living in South Africa as
political asylum seekers and the Financial laws and regulations of
Republic of South Africa do not permit us to Invest this fund, hence i
am asking you to assist me transfer this fund out of South Africa for
investment purposes. Finally, modalities on how the transfer will be
done and will be conveyed into your account once we have successfully
transferred please treat us urgent and confidential.
My regards to you.
Yours sincerely,
GEORGE RAPHAEL
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