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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: "HENRY SITHOLE" <henry_sithole@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:57:17 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL
ATTN: PRESIDEND /CEO.
FROM HENRY SITHOLE.
Tel: +27-73-453-7772.
Fax: =27-82-222-7784.
I know you will be surprise to receive this letter. I got your contact
through South Africa Information Exchange. I decided to contact you after
much consideration occasioned by the peculiarities of the following
situation. At the Amalgamated Bank of South Africa Ltd. (ABSA), when I work
as the chief foreign Exchange controller, I notice that an Account was
opened in 1990 at my department and ever since them, the its remained
Dormant as no one has ever comes forward to operate it. The said Account is
Non resident Account, Denominated in United States Dollars that means the
owner is a foreign.
The Amount of money deposited into the said Account is
USD$16.5Million(Sixteen Million Five Hundred United State Dollars only)
which is a large Amount of money by any standards. On further
investigations, it was discovered that owner of the Account is dead since
1992 and up till now no one has come forward as the next of Kin to claim
this money. My conclusion is that, as no one else knows about the existence
of the fund, which knows one has come forward as the next of Kin. My reason
for contacting you is for you to stand as the next of Kin of the Deceased to
enable the transfer of this fund to your Account. Please Note that this
money cannot be approved to any Local Bank here in South Africa; Since the
Account is non-Resident Account, Hence the need for a foreign Account.
As soon as the money is successfully wired into your nominated Account, you
should hold it in trust, ontill I arrived in your Country, where we can
share the money on ration that both of us will are agreed on a latter.
Please note that the managements of my Bank are favorable deposited to
approve this money to be remitted into your Account of any one with correct
information regards the said Amount. With my position I can provide you all
the necessary information once you are willing to co-operate with me. I will
execute all the necessary documentations that will enable the smooth
operation of this business. Upon conclusion of the transaction, after the
transfer I will destroy the entire document relating to this transfer, so as
to leave no trace behind.
Once you indicate your wiliness to co-operate with me. I shall get Attorney
to draw a up a memorandum of understand between us. The said (MOU) will be
our guiding light throughout out the transaction. It will give a better
definition of our role and entitlement in the transaction, if I am the
convinced of its viabilities.
I will not hesitate to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free
transaction on both parties involve on its as I have work out all the
details to ensure that we have hitch free transaction’s I shall communicate
with you all the details and the next step to takes as you provide me with
your telephone and Fax number for easy communication between us. Inscribed
above are my private telephone numbers where you can contact me for further
directives of this transaction.
You should treat this. Matter Strictly Confidential for Security reason for
now up till the conclusion of the transaction.
Best Regards,
Henry Sithole.
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