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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: "Jones Brown" <joebrown1963_za15@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 09:06:53 +0200
Subject: Jones & Associates Consultancy
Jones & Associates Consultancy
4th Floor Noswall Hall, No. 3 Steimens Street
Braamfontein, Johannesburg South Africa.
Mailto: joebrown1963_za15@hotmail.com
Tel/fax: 0027 11 507 6171
Direct Tel: 00277336539871
Date: 29/04/2005
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PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
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Dear Sir/Madam
My name is Honorable Mr. Jones Brown; I am the personal financial consultant
to MR. J. J. KUANG a citizen of your country originally, before
nationalizing here in my country South Africa. I am contacting you due to my
serious search /your assistance to locate his relative(s) which will
definitely benefit both you and I.
My client MR. J. J. KUANG was an engineer/contractor who worked with ANGLO
GOLD MINES LIMITED, got involved in a car accident on Wednesday the 4th of
April 2001 while traveling along Johannesburg Pretoria (N1) highway with his
wife and their only daughter. Unfortunately there was no survivor in that
crash.
I am aware of him leaving the huge sum of USD$ 25.7 M in ABSA Bank of South
Africa which is unclaimed since his death. I have locally searched for his
relative(s) here in South Africa without any success for over three (3)
years now and I today got a letter from the Bank saying that, the fund will
be forfeited to the National Treasury of South Africa if his next of kin
fail to come forward to claim the money in the next twenty one (21) office
working days.
The Bank letter motivated me to search through with his name hence I have to
contact you. In this situation, I am soliciting your consent to urgently
appear/front yourself as the next of kin because you have similar identity &
country of origin with my client.
Fortunately, I have all the papers to authentically support you by law to
claim inheritance and afterward disburse the money with you since the Bank
is ready to release his fund to a next of kin. In this context, we will not
go wrong and as soon as the fund is confirmed into your account, you will be
entitled to 35% of the total sum for your participation and 10% of the fund
will be for the charity organization, 5% for any expenses we might incur
while 50% will be for me and my colleagues.
Please I want you to look for profitable investment in your country because
I intend investing part of my proceeds in your country, with you as an
overseer on my behalf pending my retirement. I must not fail to tell you
that this transaction is 100% risk free. I beg you to keep this transaction
a top secret even if you are not interested. However, if it interests you to
champion this transaction, quickly reach me immediately for us to follow it
up.
Thank you so much for your co-operation in anticipation.
Best regards,
Jones Brown.
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