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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: "Nellie Bosman" <nelliebosman@mail2world.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: nelliebosman2003@chillimail.com
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 15:19:00 +0400
Subject: Greetings From South Africa
Greetings
How are you and your family I hope that you are all okay? I want to ask you,
If you are not capable to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who
will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set
up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c can
serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me till
the end for this important business trusting in you and believing in God
that you will never let me down either now or in future.
I am the Auditor in charge of international transaction in
one of the biggest bank here in South Africa. During the
course of our auditing, I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in
the bank in 1996 and since 1998 nobody has operated on this account again,
after going through some old files in the records I discovered that the
owner of the account died without a [Heir/WILL] hence the money is floating
and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for
nothing. The owner of this account Mr. Victor Ratnavale a British, who
unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Swiss Air Flight Number
111 which crashed on 2nd September 1998, including his wife. You shall
readmore news about the crash on visiting this site;
http:http://www.newscotland1398.net/lunenco/swissbaysw.html.
No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the
account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well
that the account is a secret account.
The total amount involve is Eighteen million Six Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars only [$18,600,000.00] and we wish to transfer this money into
a safe foreigners 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 a
local person here, but to a foreigner who has information about the account,
which I shall give to you upon your positive response. I am revealing this
to you with believe in God that you will never let me down in this business,
you are the first and the only person that I am contacting for this
business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step
to take urgently.
I need your strong assurance that you will never let us
down, me and a key bank official who is deeply involved
with me in this business. I guarantee that this transaction will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law. I will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this
money leaving no trace to any place. I will use my position and influence to
obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of this money to your account
with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange
departments.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30%
of the total amount, 70% will be for us. Further details
awaits your earliest reply. PLEASE, TREAT THIS PROPOSAL AS
TOP SECRET. I expect your response of interest through my private e mail
address. This is a confidential and private. I wait immediate response.
Best Regards,
Nellie Bosman
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