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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: "stanley jacob" <stanleyjacob01@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 20:32:15 +0200
Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT TRANSFER

FROM:DR.STANLEY LIUS JACOB.

TEL:0027-73-148-9625.

EMAIL:stanleyjacob2003@yahoo.co.uk or
stanleyjacob02@netscape.net

ATTN:

DIRECTOR/CEO.

REQUEST FOR URGENT TRANSFER

In my quest for a reliable and trusted partner for a highly important
andlucrative venture cum investment, I came across your contact as a
reliable partner for this venture. I am DR.STANLEY LIUS JACOB, one of the
senior Accountants of AMALGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA). To highlight
you on this proposal, there is an account opened in this bank since 1980
till 1990 after which, nobody has operated on this account again till date.
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.Ben Andreas, a foreigner,and a miner at
Kruger gold co., a geologist by profession who died since 1990. No other
person knows about this and my investigation further proved to me that his
company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved as
he made it his personal account. The money outstanding before his death was
(USD 26 Million) Twenty Six Million United States Dollars.

I am now contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved
to a national with a local bank account here. But can only be approved to
any foreign account because the money is in US dollars and the former owner,
a foreigner. I implore you to act as foreigner and beneficiary to the fund
as I will then intimate you on the processes abound as well as procure all
the necessary
documents required to lay claim to the money.

If you are capable and willing to handle such amount in strict confidence
and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit I
shall highly appreciate. I need trusted person in this business because I do
not want to make mistakes; I need your strong assurance and trust.

With my position now in the office I can effect transfer of this money to
any foreigner's reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that
this money will be intact pending my arrival in your country for
disbursement. On the alternative, you can come down here to South Africa
forus
to meet one to one after which I will effect the remittance in your presence
and two of us will then proceed to your country, at least two days ahead of
the money prior to it's reflect into the account as provided by you.

Send me your private telephone and fax numbers upon receipt of this
proposal, if you genuinely want to assist and be a co-partner. I will also
wants us to meet face to face, to enable us sign a binding agreement.As soon
as you receive this money into a foreign account or any account of your
choice where the fund will be safe. I will proceed to your country for
onward percentage distributions and investment.

I need your full co-operation to make this work 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.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, for your assistance, 25% of
the total amount will be accrue for you,70% for me, while 5% will be for
expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of the transfer
.

I implore you to maintain the absolute confidentiality of this transaction
Your earliest response is urgently awaited.

Truely Yours,
DR.STANLEY JACOB,

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