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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. Markus Nyerere" <markusnyerere2006@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: markusnyerere@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 04:35:05 +0100
Subject: Tanzania Urgent Business!
DAREE-SELAM,
TANZANIA
01/06/2006
DEAR,
I FORESEE THE SURPRISE THIS LETTER WILL BRING TO YOU
AS IT COMES FROM A STRANGER. BUT BE REST ASSURED AS IT COMES WITH THEBEST OF INTENTION.
HOWEVER YOUR ADDRESS WAS COURTESY OF A CONTACT IN
THE TANZANIA CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES.
AFTER DUE CONSIDERATION OF YOUR PROFILE AND AN
HUMBLE-DECISION TO SOLICIT FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION IN THIS TRANSACTION, AS IT WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO ALL OF US INVOLVED.
MY NAME IS MARCUS NYERERE FROM AFRICAN REPUBLIC OF
TANZANIA. I AM THE FIRST SON OF THE LATE PRESIDENT OF TANZANIA, JULIUS NWALIMU NYERERE, WHO DIED SOME YEARS AGO.MY FATHER USED HIS POSITION THEN TO MAKE FOR HIMSELF AND US SOME FORTUNE. HE DIED AFTER A PROTRACTED ILLNESS
AND AT THE SAME TIME I WAS STUDYING OVERSEAS AND SO THAT FORCED ME TO RETURN FOR HIS FUNERAL.
WHILE GOING THROUGH HIS WILL, WE FOUND THAT HE HAD
TRANSFER LARGE SUM OF MONEY AS CONSIGNMENT WHICH HE BRILLIANTLY TRANSFERRED AND DEPOSITED WITH A PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY IN EUROPE, THE DEPOSITED CONSIGNMENT CONTAINS CAS MONEY, NOBODY KNOWS EXCEPT THE FAMILY ATTORNEY, MY MOTHER AND I THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS THIRTY MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($30.5MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLAR) AS
STATED IN THE WILL .
HOWEVER, MY AIM OF CONTACTING YOU IS TO HELP ME TAKE
THIS MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT OR ANY NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY OR ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD BECAUSE OF TANZANIA GOVERNMENT THREAT TO FREEZE AND SEIZE ALL OF MY FAMILY ASSETS.
SECONDLY, YOU WILL ALSO HELP ME LOOK FOR A PROFITABLE
BUSINESS THAT I CAN INVEST MY SHARE ON AND ALSO ASSIST IN BUYING A HOUSE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. AS A RESULT OF MY PRESENT SITUATION, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONCLUDE THIS TRANSACTION ALONE.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING ME , CONTACT ME BY
MY E-MAIL ADDRESS (Markusnyerere@yahoo.com)
AND SEND ME YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR EASY
COMMUNICATION. I WILL THEN FURNISH YOU WITH MORE INFORMATIONS ABOUT THIS TRANSACTION.
I HAVE MUTUALLY AGREED TO COMPENSATE YOU 20% OF THE
TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE, 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR EXPENSES IN COURSE OF THE TRANSACTION AND THE REMAINING 75% WILL BE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY AND WE SHALL SEEK YOUR ASSISTANCE ALSO IN HELPING US
INVESTING PART OF IT.
BE INFORMED THAT THIS TRANSACTION NEEDS UTMOST TRUST
AND CONFIDENTIALITY. NOTE ALSO THAT THE TRANSACTION IS
100% RISK FREE AND LEGAL HENCE ALL THE MODALITIES, FOR I HAVE ARRANGED SAFE,SMOOTH AND SUCCESSFUL TRANSACTION.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU AND GOD
BLESS YOU.
BEST REGARDS.
MR.MARCUS NYERERE
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