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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: brown_zoo5@canada.com
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 08:51:18 -1200
Subject: FROM:MR BROWN FREEMAN
FROM:MR BROWN FREEMAN
AUDITOR GENERAL
First National Bank
6th floor, 1 First Place
Cnr Simmonds & Pritchard Street
Johannesburg, Gauteng
South Africa
Tel:..87-47-63-64-83-13
Fax:..87-47-63-64-83-14
Attn:
RE:TRANSFER OF of US$168,559,000.00(One hundred and sixty
eight million five hundred and fifty nine thousand U.S
dollars only}.TO YOUR ACCOUNT
In order to transfer out USD168,559,000.00{ One hundred and
sixty eight million five hundred and fifty nine thousand U.S
dollar Only } from our bank here in South Africa. The fund
for transfer is of clean origin. The owner of the fund is a
foreigner, a program leader who was believed to acquire the
fund through his secret Crude Oil deal with the Former
IRAQI government.The deceased died with all the members of
his family in an auto-accident in June 23, 1999 without a
WILL.The amount involved is USD168,559,000.00
I want to transfer this money into your account as the
foreign beneficiary of the fund.I know that this letter will
come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves
before,BUT BE SURE THAT IT IS REAL AND A GENUINE BUSINESS.I
CONTACT YOU BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL NOT LET ME DOWN ONCE THE
FUND GOES INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.
At the conclussion of this transaction,your share will be
15% of the total transfer sum,80% for me and my partner
while 5% will be set aside for any expenses both parties
might incure during the process of the transfer.The fund
will be transferred to your account in two parts.
I will first transfer USD 38 Million to your account as a
test transfer.I will fly over to meet you after the
successful transfer for sharing according to the agreed
percentages.I will have the remaining balance of USD130,559
Million transferred to your account only after the
successful sharing of the first transfer without any
disappointment from your side.
I will provide the necessary information and documents
needed in order to claim this money.I only need your
cooperation as a foreigner to provide your safe bank account
information for the transfer.All arrangement that will
ensure a smooth transfer of the fund to the account which
you are to nominate is already in place.You should provide
me with your correct account information for the transfer
and your direct cell phone lines for easy communication.I
wish for utmost
confidentiality in handling this transaction.
Let me hear from you URGENTLY by Email me.
You can also fax or call me for more detail.
Best Regards,
BROWN FREEMAN
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