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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. Joe" <zuluzulu39@latinmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 05:25:29 +0200
Subject: Confirm Receipt. ASAP
Direct Tel.:+871-762-535915
Direct Fax: +871-762-535916
Corporate Tel.:+27-839494291
mrsmary25@latinmail.com
Dear,
I am Dr. E. Tutu, a native of Cape Town in South Africa and I am an Executive Accountant with the
South Africa Department of Mining & Natural Resources. First and foremost, I apologized using this
medium to reach you for a transaction/business 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 at the Government delegation to your country during a trade exhibition gave
your enviable credentials/particulars to me. 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 hope you will keep it as
a top secret because of the nature of this transaction.
Within the Department of Mining & Natural Resources where I work as an Executive Accountant and
with the cooperation of four other top officials, we have in our possession as overdue payment bills
totaling Eighteen -Million, Three Hundred Thousand U. S. Dollars, which we want to transfer abroad with
the assistance and cooperation of a foreign company/individual to receive the said fund on our behalf or
a reliable foreign non-company account to receive such funds. More so, we are handicapped in the
circumstances, as the South Africa Civil Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate offshore
account hence your importance in the whole transaction.
This amount Eighteen Million, Three Hundred Thousand represents 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. Though the actual contract cost have been paid to the original contractor,
leaving the balance in the tune of the said amount which we have in principles gotten approval to remit
by Telegraphic Transfer (T.T) to any foreign bank account you will provide by filing in an application
through the Justice Ministry here in South Africa for the transfer of rights and privileges of the former
contractor to you, hence provide me with your private/direct fax number for the form to be send across to
you.
I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you be willing to assist us in the
transaction, your share of the sum will be 15% of the (Eighteen - Million, Three Hundred Thousand U. S.
Dollars).80% for us and 5% for taxation and miscellaneous expenses. The business itself is 100% safe, on
your part provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Also your area of specialization is
not a hindrance to the successful execution of this transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and
hope that you will not disappoint me. Endeavor to contact me immediately through my above Tel/Fax
number or my e-mail address, whether or not you are interested in this deal. If you are not, it will enable
me scout for another foreign partner to carry out this deal I want to assure you that my partners and
myself are in a position to make the payment of this claim possible provided you can give us a very strong
Assurance and guarantee that our share will be secured and please remember to treat this matter as very
confidential matter, because we will not comprehend with any form of exposure as we are still in active
Government
Service and remember once again that time is of the essence in this business.
I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.
Yours faithfully,
Dr. E. Tutu
E-mail address: mrsmary25@latinmail.com
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