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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: jonbong@webmail.co.za
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:17:43 +0200
Subject: Urgent And Important
Hello,
Compliments of the day to you.
Hope the day has been good?
I'm a charted accountant with the Standard Bank of South Africa and I need your co-operation in a discreet financial matter that will benefit the both of us. You will understand why I have chosen you to assist me when you have read through this letter.
There is an account in the foreign exchange department which has been
lying dormant for the past ten years.The account was last operated in
the year 1992 and was owned by a certain Mr.Andreas Smith who was a
director at the Anglo-Gold mining company in South Africa .I found
that Mr.Smith died in a car crash along side his wife and two kids in
1990 and ever since then no one has come forward to claim the money
because the only beneficiary entered as next of kin was his wife who
died with him in the car crash. Therefore, leaving no beneficiary to
claim the funds .you are probably wondering how I got to know all
these.Well,I got to know about this account five years ago during an internal auditing I conducted on old accounts .It was on a personal investigation that I then found that Mr. Smith and his family died
in a car crash in 1992.Durring this time,I discreetly monitored the account and hid the file away .And now that its over ten years of inactivity on the accounts,I have come up with a plan. I see this as a golden oppurtunity and realise that if this money is not remitted out, it will be forfeited.The total capital in the account is $13,000,000 USD (Thirteen Million United States dollars.)
Thus,am soliciting your Co-operation in claiming and transferring the money out of South Africa as I cannot do it alone So,what I need from you is your co-operation in transferring this funds to your account.
This is because I cannot operate a foreign currency account here in South Africa as a citizen but because you are a foreigner and in a faraway country, we can transact safely.
I am offering you 40% of the total sum for your co-operation in this discreet deal.I have every step planned and am assuring you that it is 100% without risk to you.
If you can and will co-operate with me, I will be awaiting your reply soonest.
Regards,
John Bongani
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