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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: austinngobe@netscape.net
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 18:26:53 +0200
Subject: Business Request
>From :Dr. Austin Ngobe
Mobile:+278354976721
ATT:
Dear Sir,
With great pleasure I write to implore for your assistance in a matter
that can be of mutual benefit to us. I only pray that you read through
carefully and respond as promptly as possible and keep it confidential
because of the nature of this business, while I am en route to United
Kingdom on a training Course. Within the Ministry of Minerals and Energy
in South Africa where I work as a Director of Auditing and Project
implementation, mining & quarrying contributes 12.3% GDP (R25.9billion) and
gold made up R19.9billion of the export of R45.8billion. Base metal
contributes a further R6.7billion and other mineral products R5.0billion
total R57.5billion (excluding diamond which are quoted separately),
during the apartheid movement under leadership of Ex President De Clerk
With the cooperation of four other top officials we have in our possession
an overdue payment in US funds. I represent a caucus in dire need of a
foreign partner to assist us in the investment and receipt of
US$26,200,000.00 (Twenty Six million two hundred thousand United States
Dollars). The key issues are the transfer and the subsequent investment
procedures of the said funds, due to our position as Government officials.
Furthermore, all legal procedures entailed in our laws and international
laws in transferring of the funds to you will be documented as a foreign
contractor in South Africa. Since the present Government is determined
to pay foreign contractors all debt owed, so as to maintain good
relations with foreign governments and non-governmental financial agencies.
As a result we included our bills for approvals with the cooperation of
some officials in the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Reserve Bank
of South Africa (RBSA). We are seeking your assistance as a reliable
and rusted foreign businessman, furnish you with the appropriate
documents, in laying claims to this funds. Details and changing of beneficiary
information and other forms of documentation upon application for claim
to reflect the payment and approvals will be secured on behalf of your
company. Please be informed that with the South African Government
monetary policy, strategic positioned government officials and employees
are not allowed to operate or own bank accounts overseas, hence we
decided to seek a foreign partner. It does not matter whether or not your
company did contract projects of the nature described here.
The assumption is that a major company won a contract and subcontracted
it to other companies. More often, big trading companies and firms of
unrelated fields win contracts and subcontract to more specialized firms
for execution, because South Africa economy was built up on this basis
of foreign capital inflows, now a net exporter of capital as a result
of loan repayment to foreign contractors. I have the authority of my
colleagues involved to negotiate your share and benefit of the funds after
a successful transfer into your account. Furthermore, this transaction
is 100% risk free, provided you treat it with utmost confidentiality.
Also your area of specialization is not a hindrance to a successful
execution of this transaction. Kindly notify us by Fax or Call only for
further details, upon your acceptance of this proposal for detail
explanation.
Best Regard,
Dr.Austin Ngobe
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