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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: "Mrs.Susan Shabangu" <susanshabangu_01@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: susan_shabangu_10@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 14:47:54 -0800
Subject: From Mrs.Susan Shabangu
From: Mrs. Susan Shabangu
Greetings to you,
With warm heart I offer my friendship, and greetings,and I hope this mail
meets you in good time.
However strange or surprising this contact might seem to you as we have not
met personally or had any dealings in the past, I humbly ask that you take
due consideration of its importance and the immense benefit it will be to
you.
After careful consideration with my children, we resolved to contact you
for your most needed assistance in this manner. I duly apologize for infringing
on your privacy, if this contact is not acceptable to you, as I make this
proposal to you as a person of integrity.I got your contacts through my personal
research through the internet and out of desperation decided to reach you
through this medium.
First and foremost I wish to introduce myself properly to you. My name is
Mrs. Susan Shabangu, mother of three and the Deputy Minister of Minerals
and Energy of The Republic of South Africa for seven years.I will now give
you a general overview of the situation. When I was sworn in as Deputy Minister
of Minerals and Energy in 1996, with my influence, my husband Mr. Ndelebe
Simon Shabangu a very successful businessman was awarded several contracts
in my ministry and had direct dealings with foreign investors in this field.
Due to my political status, I was not involved in my husbands business which
was very vast and successful. My beloved husband died whilst on an official
trip to Trinidad and Tobago in February 2001.
YOU CAN GO THROUH MY WEB SITE:
www.gov.za/gol/gcis_profile.jsp?id=1066
When my husband died, I was contacted as next of kin by a private security
firm in Europe to come forth with the Certificate of Deposit and claim a
safety deposit my husband has in their Vault in his name.
At that time, my children and I did not have an idea where the Certificate
might be.
We then instructed the security firm to continue holding the safety deposit
until further instructions from me. Whilst preparing for the second remembrance
of my beloved husband, I was going through his library collection and to
my astonishment I discovered a Certificate of Deposit for the safety deposit
with this private security firm, and other documents relating to the safety
deposit in a book.
The safety deposit which is in a trunk box, is stocked with hard currency
(US Dollars) totalling $50,000,000 which was generated from cash payments
from his business associates in the diamond trade from Antwerp,Belgium.Though
I knew my
late husband was in the diamond business, I did not have the knowledge that
he moved funds in cash. This has came as a shock to me and my children, and
we have decided to have this fund invested immediately in commercial and
residential properties abroad as well as profitable ventures, as any member
of my family cannot hold such a huge amount in our name due to my political
status, hence we sincerely propose to you
to render us your most needed assistance in this regard.
YOUR ROLE IN THIS BUSINESS.
If you agree to render us your assistance, your role in this project will
be to act on my behalf as a trustee to receive the safety deposit containing
the funds from the Security firm. Though I believe this transaction should
be based on mutuality, For your reliable assistance, we are offering you
20% of the funds. I thank you in advance as we anticipate your assistance
in enabling us achieve this goal. On hearing from you, I will forward to
you the full details of this transaction and the certificate of deposite
as well as the contact of the security company in Europe.
I will be working with you for a mutual conclusion of the process and I look
forward to a long lasting business relationship with you. As you may understand,
due to my sensitive position in the present government, it is not safe to
communicate with me via phone or fax for now.This is why I have communicated
with you with my private email address. Whether or not you are interested
in assisting us please let
us know.This will enable us make alternative plans, in the event of non-interest
on your part.
With warm regards,
Mrs. S. Shabangu
susan_shabangu_10@yahoo.com
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