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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: "JAMES MOYO (ESQ)" <james.angeles@caramail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jamesmoyo@caramail.com
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 09:42:01 -0800
Subject: FROM BARR JAMES MOYO
FROM: ATTORNEY JAMES MOYO
TEL: +27-83 689 6326
FAX: +27-11-507 5618.
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
PROPOSAL FOR BUSINESS OF MUTUAL BENEFIT
Dear sir,
It is my privilege to capture your names from the internet. My name is Barr. JAMES MOYO a legal practitioner and the personal Attorney to late Mr. Adams Matthew Smith, a foreigner who died along with his wife and his Two sonsin a ghastly motor accident along Port louis-Reduit express in August 13,2001.All the occupants in the vehicle lost their lives. I am convinced that it was the grace of God that made me to locate you.My client was a successful and am accomplished family man, who made enough fortune before his untimely death. Since then I had made several inquiries through Embassy to locate any of my clients extended relative but this exercise has proved unsuccessful.
After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives through the Internet, to locate any member of his family not much progress was recorded. My late client was an influential wealthy businessman, a Gold magnet(marchant) here in South Africa and he left behind a deposit of Twelve Million, Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollar($12,200,000.00USD) in his domiciliary bank account in a commercial bank here in South Africa.
After the death of my client his bankers contacted me,as his Attorney to provide his next of kin who should inherit his fortune.The board of directors of his bank adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money within 28 working days or forfeit the money to the bank as an abandoned property. The bankers had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of 1996 to confiscate the funds after the expiration of the period given to me.
Despairing at the point of exhaustiveness,fortunately, I came across your name, to my utmost amazement , you are nationals of the same country. Convinced that you may be linked with my late client or that you might provide clue to my search, I therefore, decided to contact you with these facts before me because of the situation now. By virtue of my closeness to the deceased and his immediate family, I am very much aware of my client financial standing and the bank account he operates. I have reasoned very professionally and I feel it will be legally proper to present you as the next of kin of my deceased client, so that you can be paid the funds left in his bank account, hence I contacted you.
I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin to the Deceased since you are at an advantage as a foreigner too, so that the proceeds of this Bank Account valued at $12.2 Million Dollars can be paid to you. We shall both share the funds. 55% to me and 40% to you, while 5% should be for Expenses or Tax as your Government may require, I shall assemble all the necessary Legal Documents that will be used to back up our claim .
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law. Please get in touch with me by email or on above telephone to enable us discuss further.
Best Regards Barrister
JAMES MOYO (Esq.)
MOYO & ASSOCIATES SOLICITORS, ADVOCATE & NOTARY PUBLIC.SUIT 3 NO.19 CARLTON TOWER, JOHANNESBURG CENTRAL,SOUTH AFRICA
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