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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: "chris douglas" <chrisdouglasengr2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: engrchrisdouglas1960@yahoo.co.in
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 05:14:38 -0500
Subject: Department of Mineral & Energy (DME).

Department of Mineral & Energy (DME).
Republic of South Africa,
Pretoria.


Dear Prospective Partner,

I am Engr. Chris Douglas, a native of Cape Town and Director Of Project
Implementation, under the auspices of the Department of Mineral &
Energy (DME), South Africa .

First and foremost, I apologized using this medium to reach you for a
transaction/business of this magnitude. It is imperative to intimate
you that i am making this contact with you, based on the Trustee’s need for
an Individual/Company who is willing to assist in the execution of this
business.Before i go on, let me duly inform you that I got your particulars
from a member of the South Africa Export Promotion Council (SAEPC) who was
at the Government delegation to your country during a trade exhibition.

I have therefore decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you
in the execution of this deal described here under 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 Mineral & Energy (DME), where I work as a
Director of the Project Implementation and with the good co-operation of
four other top officials, we have in our possession as over due payment
bills,
totaling Sixteen Million, Four Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
(US$16,400,000) which we want to transfer abroad with the assistance and
cooperation of a Foreign Company/Individual to receive the said funds on our
behalf.

More so, we are handicap in these circumstances, as the South African
Civil Services Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate an offshore
account hence your importance in this transaction.

This amount $16.4Million 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 has 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 Key Tested Telegraphic
Transfer K.T.T. to any Foreign Bank Account you will provide by filing an
Application through the Department Of Justice 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, your share of the sum will be
20% of the US$16.4 million, 70% for us and 5% for taxation and
miscellaneous expenses and the remaining 5% will be for Charity
Organisation.

The transaction it self 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.I want to assure you that my partners and myself are in the
position to make the payment of this claim possible, provided that you can
give us a very strong assurance and guarantee that the funds will be secured
and please, remember to treat this matter very confidential, because we will
not comprehend with any form of exposure as we are still in active
Government service.

Lastly, remember that time is of great essence in this transaction.

I wait in anticipation your response

Thanks and God Bless you.

Yours truly,


Engr Chris Douglas

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