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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: jacksonkhu@webmail.co.za
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:53:05 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL
FROM:Mr. Khumalo Jackson
DEPT;AGRICULTURE
Johannesburg
South Africa.
IF YOU CANT REACH ME THROUGH EMAIL PLEASE CONTACT ME
ON MY EFAX NUMBER +44-709-286-0101
Your Kind Attention:
BUSINESS ASSISTANCE NEEDED
I would sincerely apologize for contacting you through this medium, this is based on the fact that i feel more comfortable by this medium.
Well, i would like to begin by way of introduction;My name is Mr
Khumalo Jackson,
a native of
South Africa. I am a senior Director of The South Africa
Department of Agriculture.
I am writing this letter to solicit your co-operation in
order to
redeem an Over invoiced Contract payment in the name of one
of
our late contractors which is currently held on trust by
our Department and our
National treasury.
The said Payment amounts to US$9.5 Million United States
Dollars (Nine
Million Five hundred thousand American dollars). The
payment
was originally to be made to one Mr. Abraham Cole the late
contractor who
died in 1998 and since then we have not found anyone to
stand in and
claim this payment on his behalf.
My partner, who is the Account Director in the same
Department of
Agriculture and I,have initiated the process of filing a
claim for this
money with the hope of having the funds transferred to you.
In order to
do this,we will swear an affidavit in the High Court of my
country stating
that you are a distant cousin and next of kin to Mr.Abraham
Cole the owner of
the money and giving you the legal authority to administer
his estate.
After which, you will file a claim for this money from the
Department
of Agriculture, indicating that you are the adminstrator of
the deceased
contractors Estate and the the beneficiary of these funds.
When the
claim is approved you will be directed to the Bank where
the fund is held on
trust and you will be paid the sum of USD9.5Million.
The money will be paid directly to any bank of your choice,
you will
have the responsibility to ensure that I would receive 70%
of the money while
you keep the remaining 25% for your assistance. The
remaining 5% will be for
incidental expenses.
I want to assure you that I am in a position to make
the payment of this claim possible provided that you can
strong
guarantee that our my will be secured, and that you will
not take
advantage of our position.
Be assured that there is absolutely nothing to worry about
in the view
of this claim. It is perfectly safe with no risks involved,
and it is not
subject to any inquiry, I will be
handling the claim directly in South Africa on your behalf.
I do hope my proposal is acceptable to you. Please
acknowledge the
receipt of this letter, so that I can provide you with more
clarification about the claim and how we intend to make
this deal beneficial
to everyone
involved.
IF YOU CANT REACH ME THROUGH EMAIL PLEASE CONTACT ME
ON MY EFAX NUMBER +44-709-286-0101
yours Sincerely
Mr. Khumalo jackson
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