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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: Peter Gordon <k_hasan2003@tatanova.com>
Reply-To: Peter Gordon <p_a_gordon204@fsmail.net>
Date:
Subject: Dear Friend
Greetings from South Africa,
How are you and your family I hope that you are all okay? I want to
ask you, If you are not capable to quietly look for a reliable and honest
person who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account
or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even an
empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest
to me till the end for this important business trusting in you and
believing in God that you will never let me down either now or in future.
I am the Head of International banking department, in one of the biggest
bank here in South Africa. During the course of our auditing, I discovered
a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 1996 and since 1998
nobody has operated on this account again, after going through some old files
in the records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a
[Heir/WILL] hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out
urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account Mr. Victor
Ratnavale a British, who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Swiss
Air Flight Number 111 which crashed on 2nd September 1998, including his
wife. You shall read more news about the crash on visiting this site;http:http://www.newscotland1398.net/lunenco/swissbaysw.html.
No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the
account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that
the account is a secret account.
The total amount involve is Eighteen million Six Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars only [$18,600,000.00] and we wish to transfer this money into a
safe foreigners account abroad. But I don't know any foreigner; I am only
contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local
person here, but to a foreigner who has information about the account, which I
shall give to you upon your positive response. I am revealing this to you
with believe in God that you will never let me down in this business, you
are the first and the only person that I am contacting for this business,
so please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take
urgently.
I need your strong assurance that you will never let us down, me and a
key bank official who is deeply involved with me in this business. I
guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate Arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. I will
destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this money leaving
no trace to any place. I will use my position and influence to obtain all
legal approvals for onward transfer of this money to your account with
appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange
departments.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the total
amount, 70% will be for us. Further details await your earliest reply. PLEASE,
TREAT THIS PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET.
Best Regards,
Peter A. Gordon.
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