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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 moyo" <paulmoyo23@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 09:28:35 +0200
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS PARTNER NEEDED
MR.PAUL MOYO.
DIRECTOR, BILLS AND EXCHANGE,
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
ABSA BANK LTD.
SOUTH AFRICA.
TEL:+27835881677
DEAR SIR/MA,
I am MR.PAUL MOYO, The Director of bills/exchange at the foreign Remittance
department of ABSA Bank Limited, South Africa. I have decided to contact you
through this medium based on a business proposal, which will be of mutual
benefit to both of us. However be Informed that I discovered your
company/person through your country's Directory. here in South Africa when I
was searching for a foreign business partner whom I will transfer this fund
in his personal or company’s account, that is why i am contacting you.
During a usual bank auditing, we discovered an abandoned sum of US$ 29,000
000:00 (TWENTY NINE MILLION US DOLLARS ONLY) in an account that belong to
one of our foreign customers (MR ANDREAS GREG) who died along with his
entire family in a ghastly car accident. Since we got the information about
his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his
money, because we can not release it unless some body apply for it as next
of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Unfortunately, no body has come forward to claim this money. It is based on
this that some officials in my department and I have decided to establish a
cordial business relationship with you, hence my contacting You. If you
indicate interest in this affairs, our Attorney shall prepare some
documents, which we shall Send to you and your name shall be incorporated as
a Beneficiary of this fund (NEXT OF KIN OF MR ANDREAS GREG) The information
shall be backdated and put in MR ANDREAS GREG'S FILE.
As soon as I get your response to this massage, I will send you the bank
transfer from which you will fill and fax it back to us to enable us submit
it to the bank fo transfer approval. I will also consult a lawyer who will
represent you in all legal procedures and sign the necessary documents
before the transfer will commenced. Then again, we do not want the money to
go into the Government account as unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that any account Abandoned or
dormant for a period of years is deemed Closed and all money contained
therein would be Forfeited to the government treasury account.
Now it is being speculated that the above sum will be Transferred into the
government account as an Unclaimed fund on . The mode of sharing after the
transfer of the money into your nominated account will be:70% for me And my
colleagues and 25% will be given to you for the Role you will be expected to
play in the whole Exercise, and 5% will be mapped out for expenses both of
us.will incure in this transfer if this proposal matches with your inward
intension for success and greatness, then you are urged to make a quick
response indicating your readiness and Interest to participate in the
business.
I expect your Urgent response through this e-mail address or please send me
your private telephone and fax numbers to enable us Conclude this
transaction soon enough. Please treat this business proposal As strictly
Confidential for our mutual long-term benefit. Hoping to hear from you very
Soon.
Best Regards
Paul Moyo.
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