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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: "pascal garang" <pascalgarang@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 16:04:01 +0000
Subject: HOPING ON YOU
Dear Sir,
I am Mr. Pascal Garang and my sister is Miss Lilian Garang, we are the
children of late Dr. John Garang from Sudan. I am writing you in absolute
confidence primarily to seek your assistance to transfer our cash of five
Million Dollars ($5,000.000.00) now in the custody of a Security trust firm
in Europe. The security firm were made to understand that the deposit
belongs to my father's foreign partner.
Source of the money:
My late father Dr. John Garang, a native of Dinka ethnic group in the
Sourthern province of Sudan, was the rebel leader of SUDAN PEOPLES
LIBERATION MOVEMENT (S.P.L.M) According to my father, this money was part of
money meant to purchase more amunitions from abroad.
Before the peace agreement of 2005 that lead to my father becoming the VICE
PRESIDENT of Sudan which he only enjoyed for three weeks before dying in a
helicopter crash. My father had already made arrangement for his family
thats talking about my little sister and myself to be evacuated to Cotonou
Republic of Benin with the CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT made with the security
firm in Europe.
During the war in my country, and following the indiscriminate killing of
the Christian and black Sudanese by the government army popularly known as
"janjaweed" My father and his followers went to the bush and he made
arrangment for our evacuation.
You can read more about my father from bbcnews.com.sudan. Now my 19 years
old sister and myself are alone in this strange country suffering without
any care or help. Without any relation, we are now like refugees and
orphans.
Our only hope now is in you and the deposited in the Security Firm To this
effect, I humbly solicit your assistance in the followings ways.
1. to assist me claim this deposit from the security Firm as our beneficiary
2. to transfer this money (USD$5M) in your name to your country
3. to make a good arrangement for a joint business investment on our behalf
in your country and you, our Adviser/ Manager
For your assistance, I have agreed with my younger sister that 15% of the
total amount will be for your effort and another 1 % to cover all the
expenses that you may incurre during the business transaction, Last, I urge
you to keep this transaction strictly confidential as no one knows our where
about.
Please as you show your willingness, Forward to us your full name, address
and Tel/ Fax numbers, to me.
earnestly awaiting your response.
TO: pascalgarang@centoper.it
Thanks.
May God bless you as you assist us.
Mr. PASCAL GARANG
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