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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: "Smith Jagger & Associates.Great Britain" <josephnkuma_za1@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:33:02 +0000
Subject: Mutual Benefits
From: The Desk of Smith & Jager Attorneys
Solicitors, Advocates, and Notary Public & Legal Adviser
P.O Box 768 Maidstone, Kent ME56 7RB United Kingdom.
Tel: + 44 704 012 8615.
Greetings,
I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition having gone
through your remarkable profile on the Internet. Though, this medium
(Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because
it still remains the fastest, surest and most secured medium of
communication. However, this correspondence is unofficial and private, and
it should be treated as such. It is with trust and believes that I write to
you. I am Smith Hogan a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to one
Dr. Assad Mohammed Zahir citizen of Syria, who used to work with Chevron
Texaco Company in Saudi Arabia between 1998 to 2001 and later became
personal physician as well a secret agent in transferring money overseas for
the former head of state of Iraq {SADDAM HUSSIEN}.
Before the captive of Saddam Hussein, my client, his wife and their three
children were killed in bomb raid led by U.S Coalition Force in Basra Iraq
on 21st of April 2003. Before the sudden death of my client {Late Dr. Assad
Mohammed Zahir} he was on what became his last trip to Johannesburg-South
Africa with my accompany sent by his mentor Saddam Hussein, during this trip
he bought a number of properties including a farm worth over Three Million
Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$3.2M) in Mpumalanga in
Northern Province of South Africa. He deposited one seal truck box declared
{as Antiques} containing the sum of Fifteen Million United States Dollars
(US$15M) with private Security Company there in Johannesburg for himself,
with the hope of relocate and establishing a business in South Africa in two
months time with his entire family due to the current war going on then in
Iraq.
Since his death I have made several enquiries to their embassy to locate any
of my clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After
these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over
the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I am
now contacting you to assist in repatriating the money and property left
behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by
the Security firm where these Consignment (Money) were Deposited.
Particularly, the Security firm where the deceased deposited the Consignment
has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin within the next Thirty
days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over the past
Two years now I seek your consent to present you to assume the business
partner of the deceased so that the proceeds of this Consignments (Money)
contain Fifteen Million United States Dollars (US$15M) can be release to
you, Can you establish beyond reasonable doubt your eligibility to assume
status of successor in title to the deceased. My firm as the legal
representative to late Dr. Assad Mohammed Zahir has all the related
documents to the deposit and the properties own by the deceased and will
provide all the legal documents that will be used to back up this claim.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law and your
nationality does not matter to the claim. NOTE: Please get in touch with me
through this email address: smj_0013@hotmail.com” or you can call me on my
telephone number: +44 704 012 8615, for more information to enable us
discuss further, including the sharing of the proceed.
Looking forward to your urgent reply.
Best regards,
Smith Hogan (Esq.)
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