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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: smithgomez@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 03:39:07 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20AND=20CONFIDENTIAL?=
DEAR PARTNER,
IN ORDER TO TRANSFER OUT (ONE FOURTY TWO MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS)
FROM OUR BANK HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA. I HAVE THE COURAGE TO LOOK FOR A RELIABLE
AND HONEST PERSON WHO WILL BE CAPABLE FOR THIS IMPORTANT TRANSACTION, BELIEVING
THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN EITHER NOW OR IN FUTURE.
I AM, MR.SMITH GOMEZ, THE AUDITOR AND COMPUTING STAFF OF A BANK HERE IN
SOUTH AFRICA. THERE IS AN ACCOUNT OPENED IN THIS BANK IN 1995 AND SINCE
2001 NOBODY HAS OPERATED ON THIS ACCOUNT AGAIN, AFTER GOING THROUGH SOME
OLD FILES IN THE RECORDS, I DISCOVERED THAT IF I DO NOT REMITT THIS MONEY
OUT URGENTLY, IT WILL BE FORFEITED FOR NOTHING.
HOW THE MONEY CAME ABOUT:
THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT IS MR JOHN HUGHES A FOREIGNER AND THE MANAGER
OF PETROL CHEMICAL SERVICE HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA, A CHEMICAL ENGINEER BY
PROFESSION AND HE DIED SINCE 1995.AND THEN,SINCE 2001, NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT
THIS ACCOUNT OR ANYTHING CONCERNING IT, THE ACCOUNT HAS NO OTHER BENEFICIARY
AND MY INVESTIGATION PROVED TO ME AS WELL THAT HIS COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ACCOUNT AND THE AMOUNT INVOLVED IS ($142,000,000.00)
ONE FOURTY TWO MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLAR.
I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO A SAFE FOREIGN ACCOUNT ABROAD BUT I DON'T
KNOW ANY FOREIGNER, I AM ONLY CONTACTING YOU AS A FOREIGNER BECAUSE THIS
MONEY CAN NOT BE APPROVED TO ANY LOCAL BANK HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA, BUT CAN
ONLY BE APPROVED TO ANY FOREIGN ACCOUNT BECAUSE THE MONEY IS POUNDS STERLINGS
AND THE FORMER OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT IS MR. JOHN HUGHES AND HE WAS A FOREIGNER
TOO.
WELL, I GOT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS FORM MY SECTARY.I KNOW THAT THIS MESSAGE
WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE AS WE DON'T KNOW OUR SELF BEFORE, BUT BE
SURE THAT IT IS REAL AND A GENUINE BUSINESS. I BELIEVE IN GOD THAT YOU WILL
NEVER LET ME DOWN IN THIS INVESTMENT.
WHEN THE TRANSFER IS APPROVED AND PAYMENT SCHEDULE IS ALLOCATED OVERSEAS,THROUGH
THE OFFSHORE PAYING DELEGATE FOR FINAL CLEARANCE AND SIGNING OF THE PAYMENT
RELEASE FORM BY THE BENEFICIARY, I WANT US TO SEE AT THE OVERSEA PAYING
CLEARANCE OFFICE FACE TO FACE OR SIGNING OF THE ORIGINAL BINDING AGREEMENT
TO BIND US TOGETHER SO THAT,WE CAN RECEIVE THIS MONEY INTO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT
OR ANY ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE WHERE THE FUND WILL BE REMITTED.
I AM CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO INVOLVE A FOREIGNER WITH A FOREIGN
ACCOUNT AS THE REAL BENEFICIARY. I NEED YOUR CO-OPERATION TO MAKE THIS WORK
FINE, BECAUSE THE MANAGEMENT IS READY TO APPROVE THIS PAYMENT TO ANY FOREIGNER
WHO HAS THE CORRECT INFORMATION TO THIS ACCOUNT,WHICH I WILL GIVE TO YOU
WHEN SURE OF YOUR CAPABILITY TO HANDLE SUCH AMOUNT IN STRICT CONFIDENCE
AND TRUST.
ACCORDING TO MY INSTRUCTIONS AND MY ADVICE FOR OUR MUTUAL BENEFIT BECAUSE
I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY MISTAKE, I NEED YOUR STRONG ASSURANCE AND TRUST.
I SHALL DESTROY ALL DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THIS TRANSACTIONS IMMEDIATELY WE
RECEIVED THIS MONEY LEAVING NO TRACE TO ANY PLACE.
I WILL USE MY POSITION AND INFLUENCE OF OTHER STAFFS TO EFFECT THE LEGAL
APPROVALS AND ONWARD TRANSFER OF THIS MONEY TO YOUR ACCOUNT WITH APPROPRIATE
CLEARANCE FROM FOREIGN PAYMENT DEPARTMENT. WITH ASSURANCE THAT THIS MONEY
WILL BE INTACT PENDING MY PHYSICAL ARRIVAL TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR THE SHARING
AND OTHER INVESTMENT.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS BUSINESS,YOU WILL BE GIVEN 35% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT,
60% WILL BE FOR ME, WHILE 5% WILL BE FOR EXPENES BOTH PARTIES MIGHT HAVE
INCURRIED DURING THIS PROCESS.
SEND ME AS A MATTER OF URGENCY THE FOLLOWING;
1) DATE OF BIRTH.
2) YOUR OCCUPATION.
3) YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVING LICENSE
4) THE BANK DETAILS WHICH WILL BE USED FOR THE TRANSFER.
5) YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS.
6) FULL NAME.
7) TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER.
I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR EARLIEST REPLY THROUGH MY PRIVATE E-MAIL ADDRESS
(sgomez@uae.ac)
THANKS
FROM SMITH GOMEZ.
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