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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: "Dr.Bello Chima" <ma20022@z6.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: maabello@mail.com
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:10:52 +0000
Subject: reply soon pls!!!!
My Dear.
I write to inform you of my desire to acquire estates
or landed properties in your country.Considering your
very strategic and influential position I know you
will be in a better position to help me,I will want
the transaction to be strictly confidential as
possible,hence my desire to have an overseas agent.I
have therefore been directed to inquire if you would
agree to act as our overseas agent in order to
actualize this transaction.The deal,in brief,is that
the funds with which I intend to carry out this
proposed investments in your country is presently in a
coded Escrow account of a Bank in Holland.
However,I am Dr.Bello Chima a native of Grand-Youff in
Dakar Senegal and I am the Executive Director with the
Senegalese Export Processing Zone Authority
(SEPZA).Please accept my apology for using this medium
to reach you for a transaction/business of this
magnitude,but this is due to the confidentiality and
prompt access reposed on this medium.Be informed that
a member of the our Export promotion Council(EPC) who
was the Government delegation to your country during a
trade exhibition gave your enviable
credentials/particulars to me.I have decided to seek
your co-operation in the execution of the deal
described hereunder for the benefit of two of us and
hope you will keep it as a top secret because of the
nature of this business.
Within my department (SEPZA)where I work as a Director
and with the cooperation of Two other top Management
officials.We have in our possession as overdue payment
bills totalling to Eighteen Million US Dollars
(US$12M) which was our commission for awarding a
contract to Julius Berger of Germany,a construction
firm based in Germany.This amount (US$12M) represent
the balance of the total contract value executed on
behalf of my department by this foreign contraction
firm which we the officials over-invoiced
deliberately.Though the actual cost has long been paid
to the original contractor leaving the balance
in the tune of the said amount which we have in
principle gotten approval to remit by Key Tested
Telegraphic Transfer(K.T.T) to any foreign bank
account you will provide by filing in an application
through the Bank in Holland where the fund have been
lodge for the transfer of rights and privilege of the
former contractor.Our arrangement with the
construction company was to deposit our over-involced
sum into a safe account with the bank till we retire
from active service to my Ministry for investment in
your country.As you Know,we are civil servant and does
not have the previladge to operate a foriegn account.
We have made countless effort with the management of
the bank in Holland to see that the fund is transfer
to another country for the propose investment,the
management of the bank turn dawn the application that
legal documentations must be tendered before the fund
is been transfer to any bank account.As a civil
servant to the Government,we can not obtain this legal
documents without the help or assistance of an
international acclaimed personality (Foriegn Body) to
fix in as the true contractor/beneficiary to the
fund,these will enable us obtain all relevant
documents in your favour with the help of the
accredited Attorney with my Ministry.
We are now soliciting for your matual understanding in
lodging in application to the bank in Holland as soon
as all the legal documents is processed in your name
to release or transfer your contract fund to your
account.We will truely compensate you for your candid
effort in this deal and as well,you will be acting as
our agent for the landed/housing property in your
country.Once you have confirm your willingness to help
us,the name and contact address of the bank,our
account information with the bank and all the relevant
details of the contract fund will be give to you for
your perusal and for confirmation with the bank in
Holland.
All we need from you now is your company
name&address(if any),telephone&fax numbers and your
recent picture for identification when we come over to
your country for the project.Thank you so much for
your understanding and I await your urgent response to
this mail.Please get in touch with me through this
email:maabello@mail.com
or call tel;+221 5478858 for more details.
Yours Faithfully,
Dr.Bello Chima
Senegalese Export Processing Zone Authority(S.E.P.Z.A)
S.E.P.Z.A House,Villa 21 Medina Dakar Senegal.
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