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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: charlesmobutu1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:24:35 +0000
Subject: PROPOSAL
FROM MR. CHARLES MOBUTU.
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT.
AMALGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA BANK),
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA
Dear Friend,
I am Mr Charles Mobutu, a credit officer with Amalgamated Bank of South
Africa, ABSA. I have an urgent and very confidential business
proposition for you. I honestly apologize and hope I do not cause you much embarrassment by
contacting you through this means for a transaction of this magnitude, but this is due to
confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this medium.
Furthermore, due to this issue on my hands now,it became necesary for
me to seek your assistance, and it is imperative for me to know your
opinion on late Dr. George Brumley,a good customer of our bank,who
suddenly died in a plane crash on Monday, July 21, 2003 with his entire
family.Dr. George Brumley as a known philanthropists to many charitable
and humanitarian organisations,prior to his death, had great intentions to
build charitable homes for the poor and the less privilages in Africa.A
vision he had long ago which made him to save by depositing a hugh sum
of $30million us in our bank here for years. There is no one alive to
claim this money since he had his wife and children perished in the plane
crash.Below is
the website of the crash;
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html
It is in this regard that i wish that you will co-operate with me so
that we will claim the aforementioned amount from the bank who will
keep using this money or at the expiration of some years pushes this
money into the bank coffers as treasure bills should none of his next of kins
comes up for the claim. All i will expect you to do is to pose as his
next of kin and forward an application to the bank asking the bank to transfer
the said amount into your account.If you follow my instructions till the
end we will succeed.You will present your bank account where the bank will
transferthis money.I will fly into your country to take my share as soon as the
money hits your account.Be rest assure that this transaction poses no
risk to you as everything around it is quite legal and 100% riskfree considering
the fact that no other person will ever counter your claim until
eternity.I will like you to provide immediately your full name and address so
that i will have the confidence and trust to work with you.
As soon as the money is paid into your account it will be shared in
the ratio of 65% for me and 30% for you and 5% for Expenses Incurred in
thecourse of the transaction because we will make some. Upon your
response I shall then provide you with more details and relevant
documents that will help you understand the transaction. Please send me your
confidential telephone and fax numbers to me for easy
communication.please reply me on my private e-mail mobutucharles1@yahoo.com
Awaiting your urgent reply.
Thanks and regards.
Mr Charles Mobutu
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