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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: maffin_samson@handbag.com
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 02:27:29 +0200
Subject: Mutual Benefit
MR.MAFFIN SAMSON,
DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS AND ENERGY,
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA.
Dear Sir/Madam,
It is my great pleasure in writing you this letter on behalf of my colleagues.
Your information was given to me by a member of the South African Export
Promotion Council (SAEPC) who was with the Federal Government delegation
on a trip to your country for a bilateral conference talk to encourage foreign
investors. I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you
in the execution of the deal described hereunder for the benefit of all
parties and hope you will keep it confidential because of the nature of
this business.
Within the Department of Minerals an Energy where I work as a Director of
Audit and Project Implementation and with the co-operation of two other
top officials, we have in our possession as overdue payment in US funds.
The said funds represent certain percentage of the total contract value
executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign contracting firm which
we the officials over-invoiced to the amount of US$14.500,000.00<Fourteen
Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars>. Though the actual contract cost
has been paid to the original contractor, leaving the excess balance unclaimed.
Since the present elected Government is determined to pay foreign contractors
all debts owed so as to maintain good relationship with foreign government
and non-government agencies, we include our bills for approvals with the
Department of Finance and the Reserve Bank of South Africa <RBSA>. We are
seeking your assistance to front as beneficiary of the unclaimed funds,
since we are not allowed to operate foreign accounts.Details and change
of beneficiary information upon application for claim to reflect payment
and approvals will be secured on behalf of you/your company.
I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you
be willing to assist us in this transaction your share as compensation will
be US$3.625m (25%),while my colleagues and I receive US$9.425m (65%) and
the balance of US$1.450m (10%) for taxation and miscellaneous expenses
incurred.
The business itself is 100% safe and secure, provided you treat it with
utmost confidentiality.It does not matter whether you/your company does
contract projects as a transfer of powers will be secured in favour of you/your
company. 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.
Kindly notify me at
maffin_samson@yahoo.com
for further details upon your acceptance of this proposal.
Thanks for your co-operation.
Regards,
MR.MAFFIN SAMSON.
__________________________________________________________________
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