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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: johnsonopia1@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:17:49 +0200
Subject: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE.
FROM: MR. JOHNSON OPIA
TEL : + 27-83-894-6787
FAX : + 0044 7092865719
Please, reply to this alternative e-mail address
E-mail:johnsonopia@hotmail.co.uk
ATTN: THE PRESIDENT / CEO,
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE.
I know you will be surprised to read from me especially from a
stranger but please consider this as
a request from a family in dire need of assistance. I am JOHNSON
OPIA the only son of late GENERAL.SOLOMON OPIA of ANGOLA.I am
presently residing in SOUTH AFRICA.
I got your contact address in the course of a discreet search for
a reliable person in South Africa Chamber of Commerce and
Industry. And i on behalf of my widowed mother MRS. ELIZABETH OPIA
decided to solicit for your assistance to transfer the sum of
US$20.5 Million (TWENTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS) inherited from my late father into your Personal
or Company Account. Before his death, he was a General in charge
of Arms and Ammunition procurement for the Angolan Amry. In his
"WILL" he specifically drew my attention to the sum of US$20.5
Million (TWENTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS),
which he deposited in a Private Security and Finance Company in
Johannesburg, South Africa.
INFACT MY FATHER SAID IN HIS "WILL" AND I QUOTE.
"MY BELOVED SON" I WISH TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SUM OF
US$20.5 MILLION, WHICH I DEPOSITED IN A PRIVATE SECURITY AND
FINANCE COMPANY IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA. DURING THE WAR,
I WAS VERY DEDICATED TO AND COMMITED TO WINNING THE WAR AGAINST
THE REBELS UNTIL I FOUND OUT MY SERNIOR AMRY OFFICERS AND
GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONARIES WERE BUSY HELPING THEMSELVES WITH
GOVERNMENT FUNDS AND PROPERTIES AND SENDING THEM TO FOREIGN
COUNTRIES. DUE TO THIS WHEN I AND FORMER SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE
PRESIDENT WERE ASSIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT (JOSE EDUARDO DU SANTOS)
TO PURCHASE ARMS IN SOUTH AFRICA, WHEN NELSON MANDELA THE FORMER
PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA STOPPED SELLING ARMS AND AMMUNITION TO
ALL WAR COUNTRIES IN AFRICA. WE SAW THIS AS A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
AND DIVERTED THE MONEY AND SHARED IT AND GOT THE TOTAL SUM OF
US$20.5 MILLION (TWENTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS). IN CASE OF MY ABSENCE ON EARTH AS A RESULT OF
DEATH ONLY, YOU SHOULD SOLICIT FOR ASSISTANCE OF A RELIABLE
FOREIGN PARTNER TO ASSIST YOU TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY OUT OF SOUTH
AFRICA FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES. I DEPOSITED THE MONEY IN YOUR NAME
WITH ALL THE DOCUMENTS HANDED TO YOUR MOTHER, TAKE GOOD CARE OF
YOUR MOTHER AND YOUR SISTER AND DO NOT COME BACK TO ANGOLA UNTIL
THE WAR IS OVER AND BEWARE OF YOUR ENEMIES IN OUR FAMILY KINDRED
THAT RELATED TO US IN LIBITO".
From the above, you will understand that the lives and future of
our family depends on this fund as such i will be grateful if you
will assist us.We are now living in South Africa as Political
Asylum Seekers and the Financial Laws and Regulations of the
Republic of South Africa do not allow Asylum Seekers to open
Account and hence i am asking you to assist me to transfer this
fund out of South Africa to your own personal or Company Account
overseas for investment purposes.
For your efforts we are prepared to offer you 25% of the total sum,
while 5% will be set aside for local and international expenses
and the balance 70%I intend to invest in profitable ventures in
your country or elsewhere you may advise.
Please, note that this transaction is 100% RISK FREE, for i have
made arrangements for a successful transfer as such, the only
thing i need from you is Complete trust and Assurance that my own
part of the money will be safe when transferred to your Account.
Finally, modalities on how the transfer will be done will be
conveyed to you once we havestablished trust and confidence
between ourselves. Please, treat as very urgent.
Thanks and God bless you as we wait for your immediate reply.
Best regards,
MR.JOHNSON OPIA (for the family).
NB:Please, reply to this alternative e-mail address
E-mail:johnsonopia@hotmail.co.uk
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