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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: margarethtinkana@vtxfree.ch
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 15:56:25 +0100
Subject: Respond ASAP
Mrs. Margareth Tinkana
11 Elwil Centre, 14 Caledon Street,
7130, Somerset West,
Western Cape. South Africa.
Hello,
With warm heart I offer my friendship, and greetings, and I hope this mail
meets you in good health.
However strange or surprising this contact might seem to you as we have
not met personally or had any dealings in the past, I humbly ask that you
take due consideration of its importance and the immense benefit it will
be to you and I.
After careful consideration with my children, we resolved to contact you
for your most needed assistance in this manner. I duly apologize for infringing
in your privacy if this contact is not acceptable to you, as I make this
proposal to you as a person of integrity. I got your contacts
through my personal research and out of desperation decided to reach you
through this medium.
First, I wish to introduce myself properly to you. My name is Mrs. Margareth
Tinkana, mother of three; my husband?s name is Mr. Jeff Tinkana. He was
on holidays in Thailand when the Tsunami struck and Swept him and others
away on the 26th of December 2004.Shortly my husband died, a private securities
firm in Europe contacted me as Next of kin to come forth with the Certificate
of Deposit and claim a safety deposit my husband has in their Vault in his
name.
I went through his library collection and to my astonishment, I discovered
a Certificate of Deposit for the safety deposit with this private security
firm, and other documents relating to the safety deposit.
The safety deposit, which is in trunks containing the sum of $18,000,000.00
which was generated from cash payments from his business associates in diamond
trade from Antwerp, Belgium. Though I knew my late husband was in the diamond
business, I did not have the knowledge that he moved funds in cash. This
has came as a shock to me and my children, and we have decided to have this
fund invested immediately in commercial and residential properties abroad
as well as profitable ventures, as any member of my family cannot hold such
a huge amount in our name, hence we sincerely propose to you to render us
your most needed assistance in this regard.
If you agree to render us your assistance, your role in this project will
be to act on my behalf as a trustee to receive the safety deposit containing
the funds from the Security firm. However, I believe this transaction should
be based on mutual benefit and interest.
For your reliable assistance, we are offering you 20% of the funds. I thank
you in advance as we anticipate your assistance in enabling us achieve this
goal. On hearing from you, I will forward your contact the Securities Company
for immediate commencement of the transaction.
Whether or not you are interested in assisting us please let us know. This
will enable us make alternative plans, in the event of non-interest on your
part.
With warm regards,
Mrs.Margaret Tinkana.
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