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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 SIBANDA" <pe@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: peter_sibanda2000@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 14:43:38 +0200
Subject: ATTN PLS
TEL:27 83 208 3819
Email:peter_sibanda2000@yahoo.co.uk
ATT: THE PRESIDENT/C.E.O.
In order to transfer out (USD15M) Fifteen Million United States Dollar) from African Development Bank, I have the courage to ask you to provide your private account believing that you are a liable and honest person that will not betray me when this money finally gets to your nominated account. I am Peter Sibanda, the Chief Auditor of African Development Bank (ADB).
There is an account opened in this bank in 1980 and since 1994 nobody has operated on this account again. After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is Mr.Andreas.B.Smith, a foreigner and a miner at krugergold Co., a Geologist by profession and he died in 1994.No other person knows about this
account or any thing concerning it.
The account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me that this company does not know anything about this account and the amount
involved is (U$D15M) Fifteen Million United States Dollar. I want to transfer this money into a safe foreigner's account abroad . But I don't
know any reliable foreigner. I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved
to any foreign account because the money is in US Dollar and the former owner of the account is Mr.Andreas.B. Smith he is a foreigner too.
I knows that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before. We will sign an greement, but be sure that it is real and a genuine business. You are the only person that I have contacted in this business so please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take immediately.Send also your private telephone and fax number including the full details of the account to be used for the deposit. I want us to meet face to face or
sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that you can receive this money into a foreign account or any account of your choice where the fund will be safe.And I will fly to your country for withdrawl and sharing.
I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign account and foreign beneficiary. I need your full co-operation to make
this work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner, who has correct information of this account, which I will give to
you later immediately. If you are able and with capability to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit because this opportunity will never come again in my life. I need truth worthy person in this business because I don't want to make mistake, I need your strong assurance and trust. With my position
now in the office, I can transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact
pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing. I will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace
to any place. You can also come to discuss with me face to face after which I will make this remittance in your presence and two of us will fly to your
country at least two days ahead of the money going into the account. I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from you that you are ready to act and receive this fund in your account. I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms of the Ministries and
foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 25% of the total amount, 70% will be for me, while 5%will be for
expenses both parties may incurred during the process of transferring this fund.
I look forward to your earliest reply.
PETER SIBANDA (FCAA)
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