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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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From: "paul themba" <paul1969_2003@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 11:39:46 +0200
Subject: HELLO
FROM. : PAUL THEMBA
TEL. : +27 82 -628-2155
EMAIL.: paul1960_2003@hotmail.com
RE: TRANSFER OF OVER US$15M FOR INVESTMENT.
I am Mr. Paul Themba, the Director of Delivery/Operations in a security
company here in South Africa. Our firm is a security company of high repute
with years of outstanding service to the people of Africa especially top
government officials and military leaders here in Africa. I have resolved to
contact you through this medium based on business proposal that will be of
mutual benefit to both of us. I have not discussed this transaction with
anybody because it is of top secret. To be explicit and straight to the
point, some time early 1997, a reputable client of ours deposited a
consignment in our company's vault for safekeeping.
And since then our client has failed to come forward to claim his
consignment, which has accumulated a considerable amount of money in
demurrage. Consequently, in our bide to contact this client to redeem the
demurrage which his consignment had accumulated, we discovered that our
client was the former president of the Federal Republic of Zaire who died of
illness after he was dethroned in the same year the consignment was
entrusted into our care. Since the death of our client, President Mobutu
Seseseko, none of his benefactors has come forward to claim the consignment
with us, which means that non-of his relatives or aids had any knowledge of
this consignment. Hence out of curiosity I decided to secretly scan the box
that our client deposited in our vault. And to my surprise I discovered that
the box that were registered as treasures by our client actually contained a
considerable amount of money in United States Dollars estimated to be over
US$15million US Dollar.
Since this development I have been nursing plans secretly to help my future
with this big opportunity. I also found out from inquiries and the foreign
media that our late client siphoned a lot of money from his country while he
was in office as head of state. It is my conviction that the consignment in
our vault was part of the money that our client siphoned and now that he is
dead there is no trace to this money in our care. I am now soliciting your
noble assistance to assist me in transferring this money out of South Africa
to your country for immediate investment. With your assistance, I have
decided that you will generously be entitled to 25% of the total amount, 5%
for any expenses that might be incurred in the curse of this transaction and
70% for me. Upon my receipt of your reply confirming your willingness to
assist me of this transaction, I will immediately arrange and transfer all
the rights of ownership of this consignment to your name to facilitate your
easy clearance and transfer of the complete funds to your country for
onwards investment.
This transaction is 100% risk free. Please maintain absolute confidentiality
on this matter. I await your most prompt response.
Yours faithfully.
PAUL
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