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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: "Dr.Steve Khoza" <s_khoza1@ziplip.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 11:54:00 -0700
Subject: Please Acknowledge Receipt.


Dear Partner,

I am Dr.Steve Khoza, a native of Cape Town in South Africa and I am an
Executive accountant with the South Africa Department of Minerals &
Energy
First and Foremost my apology, for using this medium to reach you,
for a
transaction/business of this nature. Be informed that a member of the
South
Africa export Promotion Council (SEPC) who was at the Government
delegation
to your country during a trade exhibition gave your enviable
credentials/particulars to me. I have decided to seek a confidential
cooperation with you in the execution of the deal described hereunder
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 Minerals & Energy where I work as an
executive
accountant and with the cooperation of four other top officials, we
have in
our possession as overdue payments bills totalling twenty-one
million, five
Hundred thousand U.S Dollars ($21,500,000) which we want to transfer
abroad
with the assistance and cooperation of a foreign company/individual to
receive the said funds on our behalf or a reliable foreign company
account
to receive such funds. More so, we are handicapped in the
circumstances, as
the South Africa Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate offshore
account hence your importance in the whole transaction.

This amount $21.5m 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
have 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
Telegraphic transfer (TT) to any foreign bank account you will
provide by
filing in an application through the Justice Ministry 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 the transaction your share of the sum will be
30% of
the $21, 5 million, 60% for us and 10% for taxation and miscellaneous
expenses. The business itself 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.
Endeavour to contact me immediately through my email address
s_khoza1@ziplip.com,khoza_s2003@yahoo.com
whether or not you are interested in this deal. If you are
not, it will enable me scout for another foreign partner to carry out
this
deal. I want to assure you that my partners and myself are in a
position to
make the payment of this claim possible provided you can give us a
very
strong assurance and guarantee that our share will be secured and
please
remember t!
o treat this matter as very confidential, because we will not
comprehend
with any form of exposure as we are still in active Government
Service and
remember once again that time is of the essence in this business.



I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

Dr.Steve Khoza.





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