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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: "Thambo" <drnelsonthambo1@netscape.net> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 18:24:25 +0100
Subject: REQUEST FOR PARTNERSHIP.
Dear Sir/Ma,.
FUNDS TRANSFER PROPOSAL.
I am Dr.Nelson Thambo, a native of Cape Town in South Africa and I am
an Executive Accountant with the South Africa Department of Mining & Natural
Resources. First and foremost, I apologized using this medium to reach
you for a transaction/business of this magnitude, but this is due to
confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this medium. Be informed that a member of
the South Africa Export Promotion Council (SEPC) who was at the Government
delegation to your country during a trade exhibition gave your enviable
credentials/particulars to me.
I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution
of the deal described hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope
you will keep it as a top secret because of the nature of this transaction.
Within the Department of Mining & Natural Resources where I work as an
Executive Accountant and with the cooperation of four other top officials, we have
in our possession as overdue payment bills totaling Fourteen Million, Five
Hundred Thousand U. S. Dollars (US$14,500,000.00) which we want to transfer
abroad with the assistance and cooperation of a foreign company/individual
to receive the said fund on our behalf or a reliable foreign non-company
account to receive such funds. More so, we are handicapped in the
circumstances, as the South Africa Civil Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to
operate offshore account hence your importance in the whole transaction.
This amount (US$14.5m) represents the balance of the total contract value
executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign contracting firm, which
we the officials over-invoiced deliberately. Though the actual contract
cost have been paid to the original contractor, leaving the balance in
the tune of the said amount which we have in principles gotten approval to
remit by Telegraphic Transfer (T.T) to any foreign bank account you will provide
by filing in an application through the Justice Ministry here in South
Africa for the transfer of rights and privileges of the former contractor to you.
I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you
be willing to assist us in this transaction by way of providing the required
account in receiving these funds, your share of the entire sum will be
30% of the US$14.5Million, 60% for us and 10% will be used to settle taxation
and other miscellaneous expenses in the course of transferring the funds
to your account.
The Transaction itself is 100% safe, on your part provided you treat it
with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Also your area of specialization
is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this transaction.
I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint
me. Endeavor to contact me immediately through my secured email address
whether or not you are interested in this deal. If you are not, it will enable me
contact another Foreign partner with similar recommendation to carry out this deal. I want to assure you
that myself and my partners are in a position to make the payment of this
claim possible provided you can give us a very strong assurance and
guarantee
that our share will be secured and Please remember to treat this matter
as very confidential matter; because we will not comprehend with any form
of exposure as we are still in active Government Service and remember once
again that time is of the essence in this business.
NOTE: I know there may be scams and junk mails flying here and there on
the internet but certainly, this is not one. Please do not fail to
understand that in spite of all that, opportunities of this kind still abound. If
you have ever wished or prayed for something good to come your way, now I urge
you to take this message seriously and with an open mind. You could never
know. This may be an answer to your prayers.So please give it a benefit
of doubt, and with good faith and trust join me and I am assuring you now
that you will never be disappointed. Please reply urgently and furnish
your TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS for further details.
I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation. I am available to
entertain any questions concerning the clarity of this transaction.
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Nelson Thambo
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