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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: "ster incorpaoration" <ster_inn@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:47:53 +0200
Subject: From Mr Desmonds:
TRUST SECURITIES(STALLION.S)
JOHANNESBURG,SOUTH AFRICA
DEAR SIR/MADAM,
MY GREETINGS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
I DO RECOGNIZE AND APOLOGIZE FOR THE SURPRISE THIS MESSAGE WILL BRING TO
YOU AS IT COMES FROM A STRANGER.BUT I BELIEVE,THAT IT IS YOUR LUCK AND
DESTINY THAT IS WHY IT WAS SENT TO YOU.IT IS TRUE,THAT WE HAVE NEITHER MET
NOR KNOWN EACH OTHER BEFORE,BUT I BELIEVE THAT WITH TRUST AND HONESTY,BOTH
OF US CAN BE VERY GOOD PARTNERS.I AM CONTACTING YOU BASED ON BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL BE OF GREAT MUTUAL BENEFIT TO BOTH OF US, OF WHICH I
HAVE NEVER DISCUSSED WITH ANYONE BEFORE.I AM KOFI DESMOND CIS,A SOUTH
AFRICAN CITIZEN,THE DIRECTOR OF DELIVERY/OPERATIONS TRUST SECURITIES, UNDER
THE UMBRELLA OF STALLION SECURITY COMPANY SOUTH AFRICA.OUR FIRM IS A
SECURITY COMPANY OF HIGH REPUTE WITH YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICES TO THE
PEOPLE OF AFRICA,EUROPE,AMERICA AND ASIA.
SOMETIMES EARLY 2001,A REPUTABLE CLIENT OF OURS,A CITIZEN OF YOUR
COUNTRY,HAVING THESAME SURNAME WITH YOU,A RICH WEALTHY CONTRACTOR WITH THE
SOUTH AFRICAN MINING CORPORATION, DEPOSITED A CONSIGNMENT(TREASURE BOX
CONTAINING US$25.5MILLION) IN OUR COMPANY'S VAULT FOR SAFE KEEPING. SINCE
THEN,WE HAVE MADE MANY EFFORTS FOR HIM TO COME AND SERVICE/CLAIM HIS
CONSIGNMENT TO NO AVAIL.UNFORTUNATELY,WE LATER DISCOVERED THAT HE DIED
TOGETHER WITH ALL HIS FAMILY IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT WHILE THEY WERE AWAY ON
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS IN THAILAND.WE HAVE MADE MANY EFFORTS FOR THREE YEARS TO
LOCATE ANY OF HIS RELATION TO CLAIM THIS CONSIGNMENT AS HIS NEXT OF KIN TO
NO AVAIL.THIS MEANS THAT NONE OF HIS RELATIONS IS AWARE OF THIS DEPOSIT
WITH US.ACCORDING TO SOUTH AFRICA SECURITY DEPOSIT LAW,WHICH STATES THAT ANY
CONSIGNMENT CONTAINING VALUABLES SUCH AS CASH,GOLD OR DIAMOND ETC DEPOSITED
BY A FOREIGNER IN ANY SOUTH AFRICAN SECURITY COMPANY,THAT IS NOT
SERVICED/CLAIMED AFTER FIVE(5) YEARS,WILL BE FORFEITED TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN
GOVERNMENT.INSTEAD OF THIS MAN`S HARD EARNED LABOUR WILL BE FORFEITED TO
SOME CORRUPT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS,I AM REQUESTING ON TRUST AND CONFIDENCE OF
YOUR INTEGRITY TO PRESENT YOU AS OUR LATE CLIENTS NEXT OF KIN TO CLAIM THIS
FUND FROM OUR COMPANY FOR OUR MUTUAL BENEFIT AS BOTH OF YOU HAVE THESAME
SURNAME AND ARE FROM THESAME COUNTRY.AS THE DIRECTOR OF DELIVERY/OPERATIONS
OF MY COMPANY FOR THE PAST TEN(10) YEARS,I KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO HANDLE THIS
BUSINESS SUCESSFULLY WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM.I GUARANTEE YOU 100% SUCCESS IN
THIS BUSINESS.ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS TRUST AND HONESTY.YOU WILL BE ENTITLED
TO 40% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.
IF THIS PROPOSITION MEETS YOUR INTEREST,DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME
THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL:ster_inn@hotmail.com AND SEND ME YOUR PRIVATE
PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS TO ENABLE ME SEND YOU ALL OUR LATE CLIENTS DEPOSIT
DETAILS FOR YOU TO OFFICIALLY APPLY TO OUR COMPANY FOR THE COLLECTION AND
TRANSFER OF THE FUND AS OUR LATE CLIENTS NEXT OF KIN.
PLEASE TREAT THIS BUSINESS WITH UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY.I AWAIT YOUR URGENT
REPLY,AS I HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
_________________________________________________________________
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