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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: "PROFESSOR NOMVETE" <benedictnomvete@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 17:28:54 -0700
Subject: BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP


Prof.Benedict Nomvete
Pretoria
South Africa
Private Email:benedictnomvete@yahoo.com

FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION:

I am Benedict Nomvete,a Native of Cape Town in South Africa
and an engineer working with the South Africa Department of
Mining
& Energy.

First and foremost I apologise for using this medium to
reach you for a transaction of this magnitude but this is
due to
confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this medium.

Be informed that a member of the South Africa Export
Promotion Council (SEPC) who was part of my government
delegation to
your country during a recent Trade Exhibition gave your
enviable
credentials/particulars to me while assuring me on your
competence to handle a business transaction involving a
large sum of
money with absolute confidentiality.

Therefore I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation
with you in the execution of the deal described hereunder
for the benefit of all parties and while hoping you will
keep it
as top secret because of the nature of this transaction.

Within the Department of Mining & Energy where I work as a
Director and with the cooperation of three other top
officials,we have in our possession an overdue contract
payment bills
totalling Sixteen Million,Four Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars(US$16,400,000.00).This money which we intend
to
process its transfer as a form of contract payment into a
reliable
company/individual account depending on your convenience.

Your assistance and co-operation is required due to the
circumstances surrounding our work as government officials
whereby the South Africa Civil Service Code of Conduct does
not allow us to operate an Offshore Bank account hence your
importance in the whole transaction.

Presently, this amount (US$16.4M) representing the balance
of the total contract value executed on behalf of my
Department
by a foreign contracting firm which we the officials
over-invoiced deliberately is lying unclaimed in the
government escrow
bank account with Reserve Bank of South Africa.We hereby
seek
your assistance and co-operation that will enable us to
process
this sum of money to you as a form of contract payment.

We have the necessary authority to validate and forward
approvals of outstanding contract claims to the government
for final
payment on approval through the Reserve Bank of South Africa
(RSBA).

All partners agreed while mandating me to propose that
should you be willing to assist us in the transaction,your
share
of the sum will be 25% of the US$16.4 million,70% will be
for us
and 5% for any expenses incurred in the course of this
project
including telephone and fax bills.

The business itself is 100% safe on your part provided you
treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality.Also note
that
your area of specialisation is not an hindrance to the
successful
execution of this transaction.

I have reposed my confidence in you while awaiting your
prompt response through the private email address above to
notify
me of your capability to assist us in achieving success in
this
transaction.

Finally on your part,we will appreciate you treat this
transaction as very confidential while we assure you of a
100% risk free
transaction provided you follow our instructions totally.

I await your confirmation of my message while praying that
this will be the begining of a lifelong partnership between
us.
Thank you for your co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

Prof.Benedict Nomvete

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