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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: "mr. kan" <mrfrederickkan19@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrfrederickkan@netscape.net
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 10:01:06 +0200
Subject: CONTACT ME ASAP.
#123CB/PBV,MAIN CITY, JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
(RE: TRANSFER OF ($ 26,000.000.00 USD}
{TWENTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS)
Hello,
Do not be perplexed with this note. It's all about soliciting your attention
to transfer the sum (26,000.000.00 USD)Twenty six million United States
Dollars) from a Bank in Africa,
I am the Auditor General of a bank in Africa,(AG)an equivalent of American
Certified Public Accountant {C.P.A} and a personal account officer to the
Deceased, I believe that we can do this business without any hitches, if
only you will be trusted and then follow simple instructions for a smooth
success of this business.
During the course of our auditing I discovered a floating fund in an account
opened in the bank in 1990 and sice 1993 till now nobody has operated on
this account again, after going through some old files in the records I
discovered that the owner of the account died without a [heir] hence the
money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be
forfeited for nothing. the owner of this account is Mr. Phillip Morris, a
foreigner, and a sailor, and he died, since 1993. and no other person knows
about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other
beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that Phillip Morris
until his death was the manager Morris Coy.(pty). SA.
We will start the first transfer with six million [6,000.000] upon
successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall
re-apply for the payment of the remaining rest amount to your account,The
amount involved is (USD 26M) Twenty Six million
United States Dollars,I want to first transfer $6,000.000 [Six million
United States Dollar from this money into a safe foreigners account abroad
before the rest, but I don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as
a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local person here,
without valid international foreign passport, but can only be approved to
any foreigner with valid international passport or drivers license and
foreign a/c because the money is in us dollars and the former owner of the
a/c Mr. Phillip Morris is a foreigner too, [and the money can only be
approved into a foreign a/c.
However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind us together,I am
revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let me down in
this business, you are the first and the only person that I am contacting
for this business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform you the
next step to take urgently. Send also your private telephone and fax number
including the full details of the account
to be used for the deposit.
I want us to meet face to face to build confidence and to sign a binding
agreement that will bind us together before transferring the money to any
account of your choice where the fund will be safe. Before we fly to your
country for withdrawal, sharing and investments.
I need your full co-operation to make this work fine. because the management
is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct
information of this account, which I will give to you, upon your positive
response and once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with
instruction of a key bank official who is deeply involved with me in this
business.
I need your strong assurance that you will never,never let me down.
With my influence and the position of the bank official we can transfer this
money to any foreigner's reliable account which you can provide with
assurance that this money will be intact pending our physical arrival in
your country for sharing. The bank official will destroy all documents of
transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place
and to build confidence you can come immediately to discuss with me face to
face after which I will make this remittance in your presence and three of
us will fly to your country at least two days ahead of the money going into
the account.
I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from you that
you are ready to act and receive this fund in your account. I will use my
position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of
this money to your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant
ministries and foreign exchange departments.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the total
amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might
have incurred during the process of transferring.
I look forward to your earliest reply through email
Sincerely,
Mrfrederick Kan.
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