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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: "Jennifer Lynn Karlen" <aibukomo@msn.com>
Reply-To: howardshaka@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 20:30:20 +0000
Subject: hello
Dear friend,
My proposal to you will be very surprising as we have not had any personal
contact. However I sincerely seek your confidence in this transaction, which
I propose to you as a person of transparency and caliber.
Let me first start by introducing myself properly to you My name is Carlos
A. Savimbi cousin and Personal Assistant of Jonas Malheiro Savimbi the
leader UNITA (National Union for the Total independence of Angola).
I got your email address from network directory I apologize if I infringed
on your privacy.
You may know that my Uncle was recently killed in a battle with the
government troops of Angola led by President Dos Santos on Friday 22nd
February 2002.Now Mr. Antonio Dembo who was my Uncle's second in command has
assumed office as leader of UNITA. In spite of this UNITA is like a herd of
cattle without shepherd Prominent members like Carlos Morgado are still
lobbying to oust him and assume office as leader to enrich themselves and
some of them who see me as a threat to their ambitions including Mr. Dembo
are planning to kill me. For more information check www.angola.org
However I am a young man who has ambitions and I am not in any way
interested in wars this is why I secretly left Angola. I am sincerely
seeking for your urgent help in respect to safekeeping of
some of my Uncle's money that arose from Diamonds sales. This money US$20
million was already on its way to my Uncle's Swiss Bank account. It was on
transit with a safe deposit company in Europe when the tragic incident of my
Uncle's death occurred.
As a matter of fact this is the reason I chose to come and seek political
asylum. It is very clear with the way things are now that President Dos
Santos will lobby the International Community
to freeze my Uncle's assets and accounts abroad to ground UNITA since he has
already done this in Angola. I plan to use this money to safeguard my future
It is very essential that you understand that the kind of trust and
confidence I want to put in you is extraordinary and an act of desperation
on my part in order not to lose this money Please treat this contact with
utmost secrecy and confidentiality for security and safety reasons please
reply to: savimbi_komo@yahoo.com
The help I need from you is clearing the box containing the money from the
security company after which it will be deposited in an account in your
name. The money shall remain in your custody till my asylum application is
granted and I have the permit to conduct business then you will transfer the
account to me. Meanwhile the money can be invested into risk-free profitable
ventures and there will an agreement to protect my interest. I have all the
documents that will enable you claim the consignment from the security
company.
To make this deal realizable i need a commitment from you that it will be
kept confidential, your tel and fax numbers including mobile for easy
communications, your permanent address as well as some form of
identification. For your reliable assistance I will reward you with 20% of
the money and we shall use 5% to carry out every expenses that we incur
during the transaction and the investment process. 75%shall be for my
family.
I thank you in advance in anticipation for your assistance in enabling me
achieve this goal. Please contact me whether or not you are interested in
assisting me. This will enable me scout for another partner in the event of
non-interest on your part.
NOTE YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE WILL BE APPRECIATED.
Sincerely,
AIBU SAVIMBI CARLOS KOMO
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