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Fraud email example:
From: "adamatemi@web-mail.com.ar" <adamatemi@web-mail.com.ar>
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 08:43:12 -1200
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU?
CAN I TRUST YOU?
DEAR FRIEND.
I AM VERY SORRY IF THIS EMAIL HAS COME TO YOU AS UNSOLICITE
MAIL FOR
I DON'T MEAN TO INVADE YOUR PRAVACY, PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF
THIS IS
RUDE.
I AM CHIEF/MRS, ADAMA SESE-SEKO WIDOW OF LATE PRESIDENT
MOBUTU
SESE-SEKO OF ZAIRE? NOW KNOWN AS DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
CONGO
(DRC).I GOT YOUR CONTACT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBERS OF
COMMERCE.
I AM MOVED TO WRITE YOU THIS LETTER, THIS WAS IN CONFIDENCE
CONSIDERING MY PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCE AND SITUATION. I ESCAPED
ALONG WITH MY HUSBAND AND TWO OF OUR SONS KOSSERA AND
MUKOKO
OUT OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO(DRC) TO ABIDJAN,COTE
D'IVOIRE
WHERE MY FAMILY AND I SETTLED, WHILE WE LATER MOVED TO
SETTLED IN
MOROCCO WHERE MY HUSBAND LATER DIED OF CANCER DISEASE.
HOWEVER DUE TO THIS SITUATION WE DECIDED TO CHANGED MOST OF
MY
HUSBAND'S BILLIONS OF DOLLARS DEPOSITED IN SWISS BANK AND
OTHER
COUNTRIES INTO OTHER FORMS OF MONEY CODED FOR SAFE PURPOSE
BECAUSE THE NEW HEAD OF STATE OF(DRC) MR LAURENT KABILA HAS
MADE
ARRANGEMENT WITH THE SWISS GOVERNMENT AND OTHER EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES TO FREEZE ALL MY LATE HUSBAND'S TREASURES
DEPOSITED IN
SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
HENCE MY CHILDREN AND I DECIDED WHEN THINGS GETS BETTER,
LIKE NOW
THAT PRESIDENT KABILA IS DEAD AND THE SON TAKING
OVER(JOSEPH
KABILA). ONE OF MY LATE HUSBAND'S CHATEAUX IN SOUTHERN
FRANCE
WAS CONFISCATED BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT, AND AS SUCH I HAD
TO
CHANGE MY IDENTITY SO THAT MY INVESTMENT WILL NOT BE TRACED
AND
CONFISCATED.
I HAVE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF 100 MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS
WITH A
FINANCE AND SECURITY FIRM IN EROUPE,THE FUNDS ARE SECURITY
CODED TO
PREVENT THEM FROM KNOWING THE CONTENT. WHAT I WANT YOU TO
DO IS
TO INDICATE YOUR INTEREST THAT YOU WILL ASSIST US BY
RECEIVING THE
MONEY ON OUR BEHALF.
ACKNOWLEDGE THIS MESSAGE, SO THAT I CAN INTRODUCE YOU TO MY
SON
(KOSSERA) WHO HAS THE OUT MODALITIES FOR THE CLAIM OF THE
SAID
FUNDS. I WANT YOU TO ASSIST IN INVESTING THIS MONEY,BUT I
WILL NOT
WANT MY IDENTITY REVEALED.I WILL ALSO WANT TO BUY
PROPERTIES AND
STOCK IN MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES AND TO ENGAGE IN OTHER
SAFE AND
NON-SPECULATIVE INVESTMENTS.
MAY I AT THIS POINT EMPHASISE THE HIGH LEVEL OF
CONFIDENTIALITY, WHICH
THIS BUSINESS DEMANDS,AND HOPE YOU WILL NOT BETRAY THE TRUST
AND
CONFIDENCE,WHICH I REPOSE IN YOU.IN CONCLUSION, IF YOU WANT
TO
ASSIST US ,MY SON SHALL PUT YOU IN THE PICTURE OFTHE
BUSINESS, TELL
YOU WHERE THE FUNDS ARE CURRENTLY BEING MAINTAINED AND ALSO
DISCUSS OTHER MODALITIES INCLUDING RENUMERATIONS FOR YOUR
SERVICES.
FOR THIS REASON KINDLY FURNISH US YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION,
THAT IS
YOUR PERSONAL TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR CONFIDENTIAL
PURPOSE
AND ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THIS MAIL USING THE EMAIL
ADDRESS THAT
ACCOMPANY THIS MAIL BODY.
BEST REGARDS,
CHIEF/MRS A. SESE SEKO.
REPLY TO (adamatemi@web-mail.com.ar)
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