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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: williamskab00@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 15:00:39 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL
Mrs Doreen williams
KINSHASHA
DRC.
BUSINESS PROPOSAL
This letter may come to you as a surprise, but be assured that it is in good faith
from a family in dare need of help. I am Mrs. Doreen williams, the wife of late
Brigadier B. C. williams, the public relation officer to the late Laurent Kabila
former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo who was assassinated on Tuesday,
the 16th of January 2001 by one of his bodyguards who also comes from the same
community with him.
Your firm was introduced to me by a financial consultant whom I consulted in my
search for a reliable individual company who can assist my son john williams in
transferring a reasonable sum of money US$ 23. 5 million (Twenty Three Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) into your company’s private account for
safekeeping.
Originally this money (US$ 23. 5 million) was mapped our for military seminar
scheduled to be held on the 19th January 2001 in the capital city of Kinshasa,
and my husband was solely in charge of the organizing of the seminar. Unfortunately
the news of the assassination of the president broke on the 16th and my husband used
the opportunity to divert the fund for our family future planning and therefore
cleverly moved into South Africa and deposited the consignment containing the fund
in
a private Security & Finance Company in South Africa.
He came back from South Africa after depositing the money and was arrested along with
other top officials of the government by Major General Joseph Kabila, the son of the
late president who is now the new president, with the intention to rope them in,
unfortunately my husband died in detention on the 15th April 2001.
Tentatively, we have agreed to offer you 25% of the total amount for your assistance,
5% has been mapped out to offset expenses that may be incurred by both parties in
the course of this transaction and 70% will be kept for our family investment in your country.
You will understand that the continuous existence of this family depends on this fund
, this is why I have taken this responsibility of making this initial contact for my
son john. Therefore, on acceptance of this proposal, you are advised to contact
john on telephone + 27-83 3498108,Fax + 27 866415207- or
email:williamskab00@yahoo.co.uk for more details on this transaction and also please
do furnish him with your private telephone number for easier and effective
communication.
I wish to assure you that this transaction is risk free and machinery necessary for
the speedy conclusion has been successfully arranged.
Thanks and God bless.
Doreen williams
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