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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 JOHNSON ZUMA" <drjohnsonzuma_sa@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 04:54:05 -0700
Subject: YOUR URGENT HELP IS NEEDED PLEASE
DR JOHNSON ZUMA
No 45 SMITH AVENUE
PARKTOWN CAPETOWN
SOUTH AFRICA
PHONE: +27-083-749-9964
ATTN: MANAGING DIRECTOR.
MY DEAR FRIEND,
You might have received my proposal which I sent to you by post. I have
been out of town since two months,
as I came back I decided to email this proposal to you in case you did
not receive the one I sent by post.
If you are interested, do email me through my email address. Although
this letter
may come to you as a surprise, please accept it as an introduction of
myself and a request for your urgent
attention.
I am sending this letter to you based on information gathered from the
foreign trade office of
the South-African chamber of commerce and trade industry during my search for
a reputable, honest person with whom I
will execute this deal.
I am Dr Johnson zuma Director general, project implementation with Eskom South Africa and a member of
the Contract Tenders Board (CTB) of the above corporation, in charge of contract awards.
After due consultation with other members of the committee, I have specifically been mandated to arrange with you
for a possible transfer of some funds being an over estimated sum resulting from various contracts executed
by Saipem Namprogetti and other
foreign firms for my Corporation.
The contracts in question were for the following:-
(i)The construction of KIMBERLY condensate recovery plant
worth $1.2 Billion.
(ii)Construction of several pipeline network for
Gold, Diamond and Platinium products evacuation, for $1.0
Billion.
(iii) $80M for Turn Around Maintenance (T.A.M) of
Johannessburg and capetown refiniries.
The original value of these contracts were purposely over-inflated by
us (Tender Committee) with the sum of $13,000,000 (Thirteen Million U.S. Dollars only), now that all the firms
have received their supposed payments accordingly and the projects commissioned, we want to transfer
this over invoiced sum to a trusted foreigner's account.
We have agreed that if your company can act as the beneficiary, you will retain
30% of the total amount, 60% for us while 10% will be set aside for any expense which will be incurred
(internal and external) during the process of transfer, since we as
civil servants are prohibited by the code of conduct bureau (civil service laws) from
operating foreign accounts.
Honestly we expect that some money are going to be spent along the line of getting
the deal fruitfully executed. We expect to lobby some top officials for them to approve the payment.
All modalities have been worked out with the top officials of Federal Ministry of Finance and the federal
Reserve Bank of South-Africa to facilitate the remittance of this sum of money into your account within 14
working days of receiving the following informationfrom you:
(1).The name of the Bank, Account Number, Address and
Telex Number of the Bank.
(2).Your personal Phone, Fax and Telex Numbers for
easy communication.
We shall arrange a meeting immediately with the
officials involved for a face to face talk and
hitch-free transfer of these sum of money into your
account.
Note that we have put in many years of meticulous services to the
Government, therefore, we would not
want our reputable image dented. Therefore, handle this arrangement
with maturity, topmost secrecy and
urgency.
May God bless you, as you look forward to help.
Yours faithfully,
Johnson Zuma
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