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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: "Ben Mlambo" <bemlambo_2@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:42:35 +0200
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED.
From :Mr Ben Mlambo
Email:bemlambo_2@hotmail.com
HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
Dear ,
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise since we do not know
each other before, but for purpose of introduction, I am MR.Ben mlambo,an
Auditor in AMALGERMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA(ABSA).There is an account
opened in this bank in 1980 and since 1990 nobody
has operated on this account again.After going through some old files in the
records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it
would be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is Mr. Smith . B .
Andreas, a foreigner, and a miner at Kruger gold co., a geologist by
profession and he died since 1990. 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 his company does not know anything
about this account and the amount involved is (USD$ 24M) Twenty Four Million
United States Dollars dollars.
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign
account because the money is in us dollars and the former owner of the
account is Mr. Smith. B.Andreas is a foreigner too. I know that this message
will
come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before. We will sign an
agreement, but be sure that it is real and a genuine business.Please reply
urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take immediately. Send
also your private telephone and fax number including the full details of the
account to be used for the deposit.
I want us to meet face to face or sign a binding agreement to bind us
together so that you can receive this money into a foreign account or any
account of your choice where the fund will be safe. And I will fly to your
country for withdrawal and sharing and other investments. I am
contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign
account and foreign beneficiary. I need your full co-operation to make this
work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment to any
foreigner, who has correct information of this account, which I will give to
you later, if you are able and willing to handle such amount in strict
confidence and trust
according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit because this
opportunity will never come again in my life.
I need truthful person in this business because I don't want to make
mistake, I need your strong assurance and trust. with my position now in the
office I can transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable account, which
you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my
physical arrival in your country for sharing. I will destroy all documents
of transaction immediately we
receive this money leaving no trace to any place. You can also come to
discuss with me face to face after which I will make this remittance in your
presence and two of us will fly to your country at least two days ahead of
the money going into the account. I will apply for annual leave
to get visa immediately I hear from you that you are ready to act and
receive this fund in your account.
I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward
transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms of
the ministries and foreign exchange department .At the conclusion of this
business, you will be given 25% of the total amount, 70%
will be for me, and while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have
incurred during the process of transferring. I look forward to your earliest
reply through
my email .
Yours truly,
Ben Mlambo
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