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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: "DR. PRETORIUS MAKALA" <pretoriusmakala3@netscape.net> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 11:33:17 +0200
Subject: CAN YOU ASSIST US.
ATTN: PRESIDENT/CEO
Dear Sir/Madam
It is my pleasure to request for business partnership with great pleasure, I write to solicit for your assistance in a matter that could be of mutual benefit to us. I only pray that you read through carefully and respond as promptly as possible. Precisely, on the 25th of may 2000, the Department of Minerals and Energy, South Africa where I work as the Director of audit and project Implementation, received presidential irrevocable circular order requesting the Department to compile and forward the list of all past foreign contractors, whose contract payments are pending since the period of the immediate past regime of Dr, Nelson Mandela and the present regime. The purpose of this exercise was for the present South Africa elected government to pay foreign contractors all debts owned, so as to maintain good relationship with other foreign governments and non governmental financial agencies. In light of the above, my colleagues and I duty to the past co!
ntractors, decided to include a company's name with a bill of {US$18.5Million} Eighteen million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars} with other company names and their respective bills for payment impression that {Alliance Mining SA INC} which we Incorporated here for this exercise, also carried out contractual works of supply to the Department as well as others. With the co-operation of top senior colleagues of mine we are confident that our claim of {US$18.5Million} shall be grant approval being for contract work executed at the Department of Minerals and Energy, payment shall then be transferred upon approval to a safe account that would be provided by you in other wards, upon your acceptance to assist us in this transaction then we shall forward to you all the necessary and legal documents to certify that you have been awarded a contract already executed, for which your company shall be paid the sum of Eighteen million Five Hundred Thousand Unite!
d States Dollars(US$18.5Million) . Please be informed that wit
h the South African government monetary policy, government officials employees are not allowed to operate or to own a bank account abroad hence our decision to seek a foreign partner who we can front as the beneficiary of these funds. I also have the authority of my colleagues involved to negotiate your share and benefit of the (US$18.5Million) after a successful transfer of the funds into your account. Further information concerning the transaction shall be forwarded to you upon your response to this email.
Best Regards,
Dr.Pretorius Makala.
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