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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: cliffbrown@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 21:38:07 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20PROPOSAL?=
FROM:DR CLIFF BROWN.
#18 BANK STREET BY BROWN RD
JOHANNESBURG,SOUTH AFRICA
cliff_v_brown@yahoo.it
PHONE NUMBER +27-733-986-570
ATTN:
My name is DR. CLIFF BROWN. I am a senior government official in the department
of works and housing of the Republic of South Africa. A reliable friend
of mine who assured me of your reliability and trust in handling official
matters gave your contact to me. Based on this introduction, I have the
same view of mutual understanding and trust that you will be reliable and
capable enough to assist me in this project, but pending when I hear from
you particularly.
I was the chairman of the board in charge of the award, execution and supervision
of all contracts in the department of works and Housing ministry. In 1998,
I personally monitored and supervised the awardof contract for the supply
of building materials and construction of ultra modern shopping complexes
and low cost housing units in the Eastern Cape, North and East gate of the
Natal province.
Myself and two of my colleagues, serving in the board, deliberately inflated
and over invoiced the contract sum, leaving an excess of US$20,500,000.00
(twenty million five hundred thousand united states dollars). At the completion
of the contract, the real contract sum was paid to the original contractor,
leaving the excess, which we reported to the federal Government that it
belonged to the subcontractor that handled part of the original contract.
But the company we submitted as the beneficiary was a non-existing foreign
company, which was a purported attempt by us to divert the money for our
private use.
Right now this amount is due for payment and is floating in the treasury
not attached to anyone. We are only three people who know the origin of
this fund. But we cannot claim it by ourselves therefore we are looking
for a trustworthy foreign company /individual whose name we can use to claim
the money and subsequently transfer the money to any account that may be
furnished, with whom we will share the money, that is why we contacted you
for assistance.
This is strictly a business deal, but it is 100% risk free and secure as
we are going to use our official positions to source all necessary approvals
legitimizing the contract as genuinely executed by you, and copies of the
approval documents will be sent to you before the transfer as proof of origin
of transfer, proving the funds to be clean and free of any illicit trade,
drug and money laundering. All necessary arrangement has been put in place
in all relevant departments for immediate approval of this payment once
any account is submitted.
For your co-operation, we have agreed to give to you 25 % of the entire
amount on conclusion of the transaction, 72% will be kept for three of us
for investment in your country while 3% will be used to settle for any miscellaneous
expenditure incurred in the process of transfer. Please if you are interested
in this proposal, I want you to respond immediately on the above E-mail
address for further information and instruction on how to proceed. This
transaction is expected to be completed within 21 working days from the
date of receipt of the account information where the money will be transferred.
Thank you for your anticipated co-operation Urgent reply awaited.
Best Regards,
DR. CLIFF BROWN.
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