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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: masele@mailbox.co.za
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 23:56:59 +0200
Subject: Mutual Business Proposition
Mr. Vusi Masele
221 Ford Crest
Johannesburg
South Africa
Tel: 0027-72-654-5458
Attn: President/Ceo,
In order to transfer out Twenty-Eight Million United States Dollars from The First National Bank, South Africa. I wish to ask for your assistance, believing that you will never let me down either now or in future. I got your e-mail address from the e-mail directory in the internet.
I am Mr. Vusi Masele, the Chief Auditor of the above mentioned bank. There was an account opened in this bank in 1984 and since 2002 nobody has operated on this account till date. After my long investigation to my greatest suprise I came to find out that the owner of the account, Mr. Peter B. Andreas, a foreigner, crude oil exporter, who died in 2001.
This account has no beneficiary, infact no other person knows about this account or anything about the account, and my investigation proved to me as well that this company does not exist anymore in South Africa. The amount involved is USD28M, which I seek your consent to transfer to a safe foreign account. I do not know any foreigner that I can trust other than you, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be claimed by a South African because
the rightful owner of the account (Mr. Peter) is a foreigner. I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we do not know each other before now. We will be needed to sign an Agreement as a security so that we cannot betray the trust that will be given to each other in this legitimate and joint venture, which demand utmost Secrecy and Confidentiality.
I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign account and foreign
beneficiary. I need your full co-operation for us to have a successful transaction 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 immediately I receive your positive reply.
With my position now in the office I can authorise the immediate transfer of this money to any foreign reliable account which you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing and further investment. I will destroy all documents used in this transaction immediately we must have transferred this money to your nominated account sucessfully, so as to avoid any document trace by any person.
I will apply for annual leave to get visa to your country immediately the money has been transfered to your account. I will also use my position and influence to effect legal approvals for the onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms from the Ministries and Foreign Exchange Departments.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 40% of the total amount, 55% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of transferring.
Awaiting your urgent reply and please do include your secure private telephone and fax numbers for easy communication.
Thank you and God bless.
Yours truly,
Vusi Masele
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