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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: "Mr. Peter De Boer" <boer@mail.nu>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:41:41 +0100
Subject: This is our chance!!
I am Mr. Peter De Boer , the Manager of Delivery/Operations at the Evro Security Company here in
Europe. Our firm is a private Security Company of high repute with years of outstanding service to the
people of Africa, Asia and America especially top Government Officials and former Military Leaders. 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 effort 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 Sesesekou, none of his benefactors has come forward to claim the Consignment with
us, which means that none of his relatives or aids had any knowledge of this Consignment. Out of
curiosity I decided to secretly check the box that our client deposited in our Vault. To my surprise I
discovered that the two boxes that were registered as treasures by our client actually contained a
considerable amount of money in United States Dollars amounting to about US$36.5million US Dollar.
Since this development I have been nursing plans secretly. I also found out from enquiries 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 even to those in his Swiss accounts that
were frozen. I am now soliciting your noble assistance to assist me in transferring this money to your
Country for immediate investment with your assistance. I have also decided that you will generously be
entitled to a certain percentage of the total amount as i would not want to be greedy about this money.
Upon my receipt of your reply confirming your willingness to assist me in 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 risk free. Please maintain absolute confidentiality on this matter. So if you know you
can assist me then forward to me immediately the following information's.
1) NAME AND ADDRESS
2) PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
I await your most prompt response
through my private email Address:
Yours faithfully
Mr. Peter de Boer
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