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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: financial bank <financialbank12001@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 02:13:32 -0800 (PST)
Subject: LETTER AND TRUST
FROM: MR MIKE MBE
FINANCIAL TRUST BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA
BRAAMFONTEIN BRANCH
JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA
BANK WEBSITE:WWW.ftbsa.co.za
ATTENTION:
I write,humbly soliciting for your support in the matter that I will want to bring to your notice.I am executive in the area of accounts and finance of the Financial trust bank of south africa(FTBSA).I contacted you hoping that you will support and work in partnership with me to transfer this very money in his account in his name as the beneficiary of the fund but I want a reliable someone who will work with me as a team with one mind and one spirit for our mutual benefits . SO I just want you to stand as the owner beacuse with my presnt position I will redeem the sum of Thirty One Million Dollars(US$31,000,000.00)from FTBSA throug your name as a foreign partner who will stand as the beneficiary of the fund .I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local bank here, but can be approved to any foreign account because the money is in US dollars and the former owner of the account Mr.Smith Nugile was a foreigner and this money , n!
eeds to
involve a foreign account according to bank proccedures.So I only need your full co peration inoder for both of us to make this deal smoothly because the management is ready to approve this payment to whoever that has correct information to this very account of which I will give to you later, if you are able to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instruction and advice for our mutual benefits because this opportunity will never come again in my life.I need your strong assurance, honesty trust and reliability beacuse With my position now in this office there is nothing to be afriad of atull.
This fund is being held at the braamfontein branch of FTBSA under Eastrand Investments in the name of Mr.Smith Nugile as the trustee of the account. The account has been declared dormant by the bank since Jan2003.This sum of money was discovered during our last general auditing of the bank's accounts and holdings.Our investigation and inquiries in the transactions of Eastrand Investments revealed that the company was registered in 1988 by Mr.Smith Nugile a citizen of Botswana.
I will arrange for the necessary back up documents \ paper works that the bank may be required in the transaction and I will use my position and contacts that I have now in my office to obtain approval and transfer of the funds to your account base on your capabilty and your honesty to me.I intend to invest this fund in a Joint Partnership Company at your country but at the conclusion of this transaction with you I will offered you 25% of the total sum of this fund at the end of the transaction with me.For the sole purpose of this matter,I wish contact be made via my email financialbank12001@yahoo.com and give me your personal direct mobile number and fax number for easy communication on this deal.I am Waiting for your urgent response.
Best Regards,
MIKE MBE, Director (Foreign Operations)
Financial Trust bank of South Africa
www.ftbsa.co.za
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