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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: petereric2@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:55:32 -0700
Subject: urgent respond
Dear sir,
I am Director of finance with Eskom South Africa and a member of the Contract
Tenders
Board (CTB) of the above corporation.
Your esteemed address was reliably introduced to me at the South Africa
Chamber of Commerce and Industry in my search
for a reliable individual company who can handle a strictly confidential
transaction, which involves the
transfer of a reasonable sum of money to a foreign account The amount is
US$15,500,000.00 (Fifteen Million Five Hundred
Thgousand United States Dollars), which was extracted from various contracts
awarded by my corporation,through over-invoicing
of the various contracts masterminded by the concerned officials,which
has been drafted to represent final payment for a various contracts that
has been executed to the corporation some years back.
The money is now floating in the suspense account of Federal Reserve Bank
of South Africa awaiting claim by
Foreign Partner which status we now want you to assume.
Now is the optimum period to consummate this transaction. Following the
presidential directive to offset all debt
owed to personal/company 's account. In my last meeting with the officials
involved, it was unanimously agreed that
you shall be compensated dully and on your indication to assist us, we shall
agree on what will be given to
you.
I assure you the transaction is 100 risk free as we have concluded every
arrangement to protect the interest of every one
involved. Likewise, all modalities for the successful Bank of South Africa
to facilitate the remittance of
this money to your designated account.
However. I would want to believe that you are honest enough and will not
raise any misgiving attitude in
any aspect of the transaction, more importantly,you will keep this transaction
very confidential so as not
to tarnish the confidence reposed on these official by the Government of
South Africa.
Your immediate response will be highly send to my mail,
appreciated.
Best regard.
PETER ERIC
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