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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: "Chats Savimbi" <chatssavimbi@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: chatsavimbii@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 12:35:23 -0500
Subject: very urgent
Dear Friend,
I got your contact through an email directory and decided to contact you for
assistance. I am the son of Jonas Savimbi, the rebel leader in Angola who
was shot dead on the 25th of February 2002, by the opposing Angolan Army.
Before the death of my father, he deposited the sum of Six million eight
hundred thousand dollars ($6,800,000.00) in a Storage company in Europe. My
father handed all the legal documents for the deposit to the family attorney
(Prof.Terry Wayas) in trust and for safe keeping for the family.
Also, after the death of my father, my family and I fled to South Africa
where we are currently living, before that take a look at this
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1839000/1839252.stm
So, we want you to help us make claims of this fund ($6.8M) from the Storage
Company in Europe as my family beneficiary and transfer the money to your
account or any account of your choice for that matter before I and my family
can get Visas to fly down to your country for mutual sharing of the money.
My family has agree to give you 20% for your anticipated assistance and 70%
would be for us (my family) and the remaining 10%would be set aside for any
expenses that we may incure during the course of this transaction. My family
share of 70% would be invested in your country in any profitable business
proposed by you.
We have never met, but I want to trust you and please do not let my family
down by sitting on this money when it finally gets into your account.
As a result of the present predicament of my family exiled in South Africa,
you should contact my family attorney resident in Europe also who is in full
control of this transaction that you got a mail from Chatwitslash Savimbi
instructing you to contact him on this subject matter and he will furnish
you with more details and all necessary documentations like Certificate of
Deposit etc.
Please, treat this as Confidential.
Best Regards,
Chatwitslash Savimb
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