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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: "MADIBA ADAMS" <madinedb23@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: madinedb@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 12:09:47 +0000
Subject: ATTENTION FROM MR.MADIBA ADAMS
Dear Friend,
Permit me to introduce myself to you.
My name is Mr. Madiba Adams, Head, Corporate & Investment Banking with
Nedbank of South Africa ltd.
This letter may come to you as a surprise since it is coming from someone
you have not met before and due to high volume of Spam mail that goes around
the world through this means but I have no other choice than to send it to
you through the internet means.
Therefore, I will appreciate it if you honour it and give me all your trust
and full co-operation. I came to know about you in my private search for a
reliable person/company to handle a confidential transaction on behalf of my
Colleagues and myself.
As a matter of fact, I got your contact from the world trade center (WTC)
Regional office in Johannesburg, South Africa though the details of my
intention was not made known to them.
An America, Mr. Morris Thompson who was an International Business Realtor
with American Anglo Gold Corporation{AAGC} had in our Bank the sum of
US$5.5m in a domiciliary account, of which I am the account officer.
He unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight
261 which crashed on January 31, 2000, including his wife and only daughter
leaving nobody to claim the money.
He named his wife, as the next of kin but unfortunately, two of them died in
the plane crash. You can confirm it yourself via website:
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
Efforts had been made by the management of my Bank through the American
Embassy in Pretoria to contact any of the deceased children but to no avail,
as we were made to understand that the couple had no children.
Given the skeletal information available to the Bank, it has so far been
impossible to reach any of the relatives.The option left for the Bank
management is to declare the deceased account dormant and revert the funds
to trading on behalf of and in the interest of the Bank.
In South Africa, and almost all other parts of African continent, when Banks
acquire funds such as that of Mr. Morris Thompson, they are required by law
to donate 30% of the funds on acquisition to The Trust Fund For Arms And
Ammunitions. Arms and ammunitions purchased with funds from the Trust Fund
are used to further enhance the course of war in Africa and invariably
turbulence of some sort in the world in general.
It is therefore in order to avoid/avert and discourage this negative
development that my Colleagues and I now seek your assistance to have you
stand as a distant relative {Next Of Kin} to Mr. Morris Thompson, so that
the funds would be released to you.
All documents and proofs to enable you get the funds will be carefully
packaged once we receive your consent on this proposal. May I assured you
that this Transaction is 100% safe and risk-free, as we have taken care of
all necessary modalities to ensure a hitch-free transaction.
I have the authority of my partners involved in this transaction to propose
that should you be willing to assist us in the transaction your share would
be 40% of the US$5.5million, 60% for us.
I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint
me.
Best Regards.
Mr.Madiba Adams.
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