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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: "ABU OSMAN" <abyusman@netscape.net>
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 08:03:08 -0900
Subject: MY PROPOSAL
FROM MR ABU OSMAN DARFUR SUDAN
Dear Friend,
With warm hearts and my greetings I hope this email-message meets you in
good
time. It will be strange to you to receive this email from me since you do
not
know me personally. However, I am sincerely seeking your assistance in this
transaction, which I propose with my free mind and as a person of
integrity.
My name is Abu Osman, the son of Osman Bashir, a Trader from Sudan, Who
was
murdered during the conflict between Sudanese Government and the Rabels
over
the control of our natural resources by Lieutenant-General Omar Hassan
al-Bashir,
my father oppose the idea of the control of our natural resources policy
of the new
government the government then order the malitia to kill my beloved father
and his
store was burnt down and everthing looted.
As led by my instinct, I decided to contact you through email, after
searching
for contacts via the internet, as it is the only means I can contact
anybody
since I am cutting off ties with Sudan for now. I apologize if this is not
acceptable to you.After the death of my father, our local Imam and a close
friend of my father handed us over will documents with instructions from my
father that we should leave Sudan incase anything happen to him. The will
documents has a certificate of deposit, confirming a cash deposit totaling
Seven million Seven hundred and Fifty thousand united state dollars.
[$7.750]
Kept in custody for us in a security company unknown to the company that
the
content is money hence it was deposited as personal belongings. This money
was
deposited with this Private Security Company for safety and security
reasons,
and was to be used for the purchase of land, new machines and equipment for
a
new office in Darfur region.
This violent and barbaric act by Sudanese Government has since led to the
death
of my beloved mother and kid sister and other innocent lives,I was
continually
threatened to abandon my inheritance from my father after he was murdered.
I
resisted for a while, but when the danger became unbearable, I fled Sudan
with
the help of my father's close friend Mr. Kennedy Burns from Australia also
an
oil merchant who was leaving in Sudan with us but left with his family
following this ugly development I have tried to reach him but all to no
avail.
I am currently staying in the Netherlands where I am seeking political
asylum.
In fact my decision to come here to seek asylum, is because the security
company from South-Africa, has a branch here, I have contacted them to move
the
safe deposit from their office in Johannesburg South-Africa, which they
have
since done,I need to transfer this money to an account and invest part of
the
money this is why I am seeking a genuine and reliable partner,you have to
understand that this decision taken by me is a very big and brave one, and
it
entrusts my future in your hands, as a result of the safe keeping of this
money.
If you accept to assist me, all I want you to do for me, is to assist with
arrangements to claim the deposit from the security company from their
office
here in The Netherlands, as it has now been transferred from Johannesburg
South-
Africa to their branch here. The company will be legally informed of you
representing me. For your assistance, I have two options for you. Firstly
you
can choose to have 20% of the money for your assistance, and helping me
open an
account for the money,
Please if you are ready to assist me send me an email through,
abuusmaan@netscape.net
for me to give you further detials.
Regards,
Abu Osman,
abuusmaan@netscape.net
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