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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: "Solomon Joseph" <solomonjoseph3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: solomonjoseph123@netscape.net
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:54:08 -0800
Subject: HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
DearFriend,
HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
This mailmay come to you as a surprise but I plead with you to
patiently read through itbefore making a decision whether to assist
me or not.
I am MR.Solomon Joseph, a Bank Manager of a Reputable Bankin
johannesburg,Gauteng Province, in the Republic of South Africa.l wish
to solicit for your assistance in the transaction which l
stronglybelieve will be of mutual benefit to both of us if treated
with trust andconfidentiality that it deserve. On June 6, 2000, a
British Oil consultant/contractor with the South African Mining
Corporation, (Name deliberately with held for now)made a numbered
time(Fixed) Deposit for Twelve Calendar months, valued at US$6,500,
000.00 (SixMillion Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) in my branch. Upon
maturity, I sent aroutine notification to his forwarding address but
got no reply.
After amonth, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his
contractemployers, the South African Mining Corporation, that the
Depositor died froman automobile accident. On further investigation,
I found out that He diedwithout making a WILL, and all attempts to
trace his next of kin was fruitless.
Itherefore made further investigation and discovered that the
depositor did notdeclare any kin or relations in all his official
documents.This money (US$6,500,000.00) is still lying in my Bank and
the interest isbeing rolled over with the principal sum at the end of
each year.
No one will ever come forward to claim it. And according to Laws of
Republic ofSouth Africa, at the expiration of 5(five) Years, the
money will revert to theownership of The South African Government if
nobody applies to claim the fund.
Consequently,my proposal is that I would like you as a foreigner to
stand in as THE NEXT OFKIN to the depositor so that the fruits of
this old man's labor will not getinto the hands of some corrupt
government officials. An offshore bank accountin any part of the
world that you will provide will then facilitate thetransfer of this
money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin.
The moneywill be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio
of 65% for me and35% for you. There is no risk at all as all the
paperwork for this transactionwill be done by the bank accredited
attorney and my position as the BranchManager guarantees the
successful execution of this transaction.
lf youare interested in giving the required assistance, kindly reply
this mailstating your Telephone/Fax numbers for further
action.Because of the secrecy surrounding this transaction, l suggest
that you contactme only through my Private and confidental email
address :solomonjoseph123@netscape.net
I amlooking forward to a favorable reply from you soon.
Feel free to ask any question in this regard.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Solomon Joseph
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