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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: "frank lin" <tarazuma2000@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:10:43 +0000
Subject: DIRECTOR, BILLS AND EXCHANGE,
DIRECTOR, BILLS AND EXCHANGE,
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
ABSA BANK LTD.
SOUTH AFRICA.
Dear Sir
I am MR.TARA ZUMA, The Director of bills/exchange at the foreign Remittance
department of ABSA Bank Limited, South Africa. I have decided to contact you
through this medium based on a business proposal, which will be of mutual
benefit to both of us. However be Informed that I discovered your
company/person through your country's Directory. here in South Africa when I
was searching of a foreign business partner whom I will transfer this fund
in his personal or company’s account, that is why I contacted you, During a
usual bank auditing, we discovered an abandoned sum of US$ 29,000 000:00
(TWENTY NINE MILLION US DOLLARS ONLY) in an account that belong to one of
our foreign customers (MR ANDREASGREG) who died along with his entire family
on November 1999 in a ghastly car accident. Since we got the information
about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and
claim his money, because we can not release it unless some body apply for it
as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking
guidelines.
Unfortunately, no body has come forward to claim this money. It is based on
this that some officials in my department and I have decided to establish a
cordial business relationship with you, hence my contacting You. If you
indicate interest in this affairs, our Attorney shall prepare some
documents, which we shall Send to you and your name shall be incorporated as
a Beneficiary of this fund (NEXT OF KIN OF MR ANDREAS GREG) The information
shall be backdated and put in MR
ANDREAS GREG'S FILE. As soon as I get your response to this massage, I will
send you the bank transfer from which you will fill and fax it back to us to
enable us submit it to the bank for transfer approval. I will also consult a
lawyer who will represent you in all legal procedures and sign the necessary
documents before the transfer will commenced. Then again, we do not want
the money to go into the Government account as unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that any account Abandoned or
dormant for a period of years is deemed Closed and all money contained
therein would be Forfeited to the government treasury account.
Now it is being speculated that the above sum will be Transferred into the
government account as an Unclaimed fund on or before JANUARY 2005. The mode
of sharing after the transfer of the money into your nominated account will
be:70% for me And my colleagues and 25% will be given to you for the Role
you will be expected to play in the whole Exercise, and 5% will be mapped
out for expenses both of us.
will incure in this transfer if this proposal matches with your inward i
tension for success and greatness, then you are urged to make a quick
response indicating your readiness and Interest to participate in the
business.
I expect your Urgent response through this e-mail address or phone and fax
or please send me your private telephone and fax numbers to enable us
Conclude this transaction soon enough. Please treat this business proposal
As strictly Confidential for our mutual long-term benefit. Hoping to hear
from you very Soon.
Best Regards
MR.TARA ZUMA MR.TARA ZUMA
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