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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: "MR PIKKA SAAIMAN" <spikka6@sapo.pt> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:38:15 -0500
Subject: RELIABLE AND TRUSTED PERSON
Mr PIKKA SAAIMAN
LAND AND AGRICULTURAL BANK.
192 Visagie St,
cnr Paul Kruger,
Pretoria
Republic Of South Africa.
Hello,
I am Mr Pikka Saaiman, General Manager(Treasury) of Land
Bank,South Africa.This is an urgent and very confidential
business proposition.
On June 6, 2000,a Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with
the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy,
Mr.Willam Mitchell made a numbered time(Fixed) Deposit for
twelve calendar months, valued at US$26,500,000.00,
(Twenty-six Million, five hundred thousand Dollars).
Upon maturity,I sent a routine notification to his forwarding
address butgot no reply. After a month,we sent a reminder and
finally we discovered from his contract employers, the National
Petroleum Corporation that Mr.Willam Mitchell died from an
automobile accident.On further investigation,I found out that
he died without making a WILL,and all attempts to trace his next
of kin was fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that
Mr.Willam Mitchell did not declare any kin or relations in all his
official documents,including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my
Bank. This sum of US$26,500,000.00 has carefully been fixed in my
bank for safekeeping.
No one will ever come forward to claim it.According to South African
Law,at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will revert to the
ownership of the Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a Foreigner to
stand in as the owner of the money which was fixed deposited in my
bank. I am writing you because I as a public servant,i cannot operate
a foreign account.
I want to present you as the owner of the funds so you can be able to
claim them with the help of my attorney. This is simple.I will like
you to provide immediately your full names and address so that the
Attorney will prepare the necessary documents which will put you in
place as the beneficiary of the funds.
The money will be moved out for us to share in the ratio of 80% for
me and 20% for you. The paperwork for this transaction will be done
by the Attorney.If you are interested, please reply immediately via
my email address and Upon your response,I shall then provide you
with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand
the transaction.Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest
assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of
us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in real
estate within your country.
Due to the nature of confidentiality in this Transaction our
communication can only be via email and fax mostly.
Awaiting your urgent reply via my email Above.
Thanks and my regards.
PIKKA SAAIMAN.
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