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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: "Kenneth Khumalo" <kkhumalo@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 14:37:56 +0000
Subject: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY.
Consignment Manager
Alert Security Company.
South Africa.
I am Mr. Kenneth Khumalo the Consignment Manager of Alert Security
South Africa. Our firm is a security and finance company of high repute with
years of outstanding service to the people of Africa especially top
government officials and military leaders in Africa. I have resolved to
contact you through this medium based on business proposal that will be of
mutual benefit to both of us. I have not discussed this with anybody because
of it's top secret, to be explicit and straight to the point.
Some time in 1997,a reputable client of ours deposited a consignment in our
company's vault for safekeeping. And since then the client has failed to
come forward to claim his consignment, which has accumulated a huge amount
of money in demurrage. Consequently, in our bid to contact this client to
redeem the demurrage which his consignment had accumulated we discovered
that our client was the Former President of the Federal Republic of
Zaire(Now Republic of Congo)who died of illness after he was dethroned. In
the same year the consignment was entrusted into our care.
Since the death of our client President Mobutu Sese Seko, none of his
benefactor has come to claim the consignment with us, which means that none
of his relatives or aids had any knowledge of such consignment. Hence out of
curiosity I decided to secretly scan the box that were registered as
diplomatic treasure by our client, actually discovered that it contains a
considerable amount of money in United States Dollars amounting to the tune
of Four Million United States Dollars (US$4Million US Dollars). Since this
development I have been nursing plans secretly on how and whom to use for
this purpose until i got your information through network on-line.
I also found out from my inquiries through foreign media that our late
client siphoned a lot of money from his country while he was in office as
the head of state. It is my conviction that the consignment in our vault was
part of the money that our client siphoned and now that he is dead, there is
no trace to this money in our care.
I am now soliciting your noble assistance to assist me in claiming and
transferring this
money out of South Africa to overseas for immediate joint investment with
you in your place. Upon my receipt of your reply confirming
your willingness to assist me in this project. I will immediately
arrange and transfer all the right of ownership of this consignment to your
name to facilitate easy clearance and collection of the complete volt
to your country for onward joint investment.
Please maintain absolute confidentiality in this matter because I would not
like my name mentioned in this subject for the company I work for to know
that am behind this project. I await your prompt response and hoping that my
proposal will receive your favorable consideration.
Yours truly,
Mr. Kenneth Khumalo.
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