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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: paul_divine@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 14:22:41 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20AND=20CONFIDENTIAL?=

Bsc, (SAU) MSc, MNIM, Ph.D
(DIRECTOR, PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION)
DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS AND ENERGY
P. B. X 62, PRETORIA

ATTN,MY DEAR FRIEND

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT

I am DR.PAUL DIVINE, a native of Cape Town and Director of Project Implementation,
South Africa Department of Energy & Mineral Resources. I am making this
contact with you based on the committee's need for an individual/company
who is willing to assist us with a solution to a money transfer. First and
foremost, I apologized using this medium to reach you for a transaction/business
of this magnitude, but this is due to Confidentiality and prompt access
reposed on this medium. In unfolding this proposal, I want to count on you,
as a respected and honest person to handle this transaction with sincerity,trust
and confidentiality.

I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution
of the deal described hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope
you will keep it as a top secret because of the nature of this transaction.

Within the Department of Energy and Mineral Resources where I work as Director
of Project Implementation and with the cooperation of four other top officials,
we have in our possession as overdue payment bills totaling Fourteen Million,Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$14,500,000.) which we want to
transfer abroad with the assistance and cooperation of a foreign company/individual
to receive the said fund on our behalf or a reliable foreign non-company
account to receive such funds.
More so, we are handicapped in the circumstances,as the South Africa Civil
Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate offshore account hence
your importance in the whole transaction.

This amount $14.5m represents the balance of the total contract value executed
on behalf of my Department by a foreign contracting firm, which we the officials
over-invoiced deliberately. Though the actual contract cost have been paid
to the original contractor, leaving the balance in the tune of the said
amount which we have in principles 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 Department of Justice here in South
Africa for the transfer of rights and privileges of the former contractor
to you.

I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you
be willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the sum will be
30% of the $14.5 million, 60% for us and 10% for taxation and miscellaneous
expenses. The business itself is 100% safe, on your part provided you treat
it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Also your area of specialization
is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this transaction.

I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint
me.

Endeavor to contact me immediately to confirm whether or not you are interested
in this deal. If you are not, it will enable me scout for another foreign
partner to carry out this deal. I want to assure you that my partners and
myself are in a position to make the payment of this claim possible provided
you can give us a very strong Assurance and guarantee that our share will
be secured and please,remember to treat this matter very confidential, because
we will not comprehend with any form of exposure as we are still in active
Government Service.

Once again, remember that time is of great essence in this transaction.

I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.

Yours faithfully,
DR.PAUL DIVINE.





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