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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: johnsonjaffar@netscape.net
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 00:13:27 +0200
Subject: Highly Confidential!!
CONFIDENTIAL AND RESTRICTED
DR JOHNSON JAFFAR
DEPT OF AVIATION, JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: 27 83-420-4641 FAX: 27-73-642-0268.
ATTN: THE PRESIDENT/CEO
PROPOSAL FOR TRANSFER OF EIGHTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US
DOLLARS (US$18.5M) INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.
I need your reliability and trustworthiness in this transaction. I am
the FINANCIAL CONTROLLER of the DEPAREMENT OF AVIATION, JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA and Secretary to the Contract Award Committee of my
DEPARTMENT. After careful scrutiny and examination of the success of this
project, I have agreed to transfer out of the Country through the RESERVE
BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA some amount and we will later reinvest it abroad
after the success of this transaction. The amount involved is Eighteen
Million five hundred thousand US Dollars (US$18,500,000.00). This money
came about as a result of an over inflated amount of a contract, which I
uncovered while accessing the files of my department. No one else knows
about this and the contract has already been executed and the original
contractor had collected his full and final payment. In as much as this
contract was awarded to a Foreign Contractor and the payment is in
dollars, I now need a Foreigner that will present himself as the contractor
and beneficiary for this amount of Eighteen Million Five Hundred
Thousand US Dollars (US$18,500,000.00) and then the fund will be transferred
into your overseas-nominated bank account. Since I do not want to use
the original contractor in applying for the payment, because the
Contractor is not aware of this over-invoiced sum. THIS MONEY IS ALREADY
COVERED WITH A DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION CONTRACT NUMBER AND CONTRACT
COMPLETION NUMBER, WHICH MAKES IT MUCH EASIER FOR US TO EFFECT THIS TRANSFER
WITHOUTH ANY SINGLE RISK INVOLVED.
Therefore, I as the Financial Controller am mandated to write you and
see to the success of the remittance of this money immediately, you will
however, be required to furnish me with these necessary information.
1. Your secure phone and fax numbers for easy communication
2. Name and Address of Bank, Phone, Fax and Telex numbers
3. Account number where this money will be transferred into, It could
be new personal or corporate account set up for this purpose.
4. The beneficiary name, company or personal name.
This information will enable me put APPLICATION OF CLAIM for the
release of this money from concerned Government Agencies and it will last for
ten working days. For your assistance I have agreed that the funds will
be shared as follows:
You as the Account provider 30%
Miscellaneous Expenses 10%
I as the initiator 60%
I assure you that all arrangements have been concluded for the
successes of this transaction, so if you are interested, reply me STRICTLY
THROUGH the above telephone and fax numbers.
Yours faithfully,
DR JOHNSON JAFFAR
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