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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: "mrpaul muga5" <mrpaulmuga5@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 23:28:03 +0200
Subject: I was instructed by Mr Armengol Obiang,to send this email to you.
HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
I was instructed by Mr Armengol Obiang,to send this mail to you, in
respond,please respond to his private email at mrarmengolobiang@yahoo.co.uk
or kenneth_gabe@hotmail.com (P.A)
1 HYDE SQUARE
JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA
TEl: +27-73-351-7478
You may be surprise to receive this message from me since you don’t know me
in person, but for the purpose of introduction, I am Mr Armengol Obiang, the
brother to now ailing president (Teodoro Obiang) of Equatorial Guinea. Your
profile was given to me at the South Africa Exchange Network here in
Johannesburg as reliable and worthy to deal with, hence I decided to write
to you.
The fortunes of my country Equatorial Guinea changed in 1996 after oil was
discovered, since then we have had investment by large multinational oil
companies. Equatorial Guinea has since become the Africa’s fastest growing
economy over the years, with a 40% growth rate in 2003, beating even China
and South Korea.
In March 2004, I led a coup with a South Africa mercenary (Nick du Toit) to
oust my brother from the presidential seat, all the attempts failed.
Before the coup I was taken to South Africa by Nick du toit to deposit the
sum of SEVENTY MILLION US DOLLARS ($70,000,000.00m) with a private bank.
This money was procured from the oil revenue of my country. This problem
with my brother (Now President) arose when the Riggs bank in Washington
froze almost ($600,000,000.00) of embezzled oil fund in my brother’s account
citing improprieties.
I decided to take matters into my hands and organised the coup that failed.
I have decided to transfer this money to a foreign country where I can
invest it. I am faced with the dilemma of investing this amount under my
name for fear of encountering the same fate my brother did. Moreover the
South African monetary policy/law does not allow such investment otherwise
Nick would have been a great help.
I must let you know that this business is 100% risk free and the nature of
your business does not necessary matter. So if you are willing to assist us,
I am willing to offer you 25% of the total money, 30% will be for a joint
business venture I will be doing with you and another 35% will be for myself
and Nick which will also be invested in your country and the remaining 10%
will be mapped out for all expenses we may incur during the transaction. If
you are willing and interested to assist, please contact my Personal
assistance on the above e-mail address or telephone number. Remember this is
a highly confidential and the success of this depends on how discreet it is
kept.
If you want more verification on this subject you can get on the CIA’s
website.
Best Regards
Mr Armengol Obiang
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