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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: shabangu_01@yahoo.ca
Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 23:43:47 +0200
Subject: STRICTLY CONFEDENCIAL
FROM: MRS. SUSAN SHABANGU.
REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
After due deliberation with my children, I decided to
contact you for
your assistance in standing as beneficiary to the sum of
US$30.5M (Thirty Million, Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars Only)
First, let me start by introducing myself as MRS SUSAN
SHABANGU, a mother of three children and The Deputy
Minister of Safety and Security of the Republic of South
Africa since 29 April 1996. to date under the auspices of
the President of South Africa MR THABO MBEKI. Visit this
website:
http://www.info.gov.za/gol/gcis_profile.jsp?id=1066
THE PROPOSAL
After the swearing in ceremony making me the Deputy
Minister of
Mineral ,sand Energy, my husband Mr Ndelebe Shabangu died
while he was on
an official trip to Trinidad and Tobago in 2002. After his
death, I discovered that he had some funds in a dollar
account which amounted tothe sum of US$30.5M with a South
African bank which had her offshore House in
SPAIN -RESERVE BANK OF SPAIN . This fund emanated as a
result of an over-invoiced contract which he executed with
the Government of South Africa. Though I assisted him in
getting this contract but I never knew that it was
over-invoiced by him. I am afraid that the government of
South Africa might start to investigate on contracts
awarded from 1998 to date. If they discover this money in
his bank account, they will confiscate it and seize his
assets here in South Africa and this will definitely affect
my political career in
government. I want your assistance in transferring this
funds from RESERVE BANK OF SPAIN through my Finnancial
advicer
so that this fund could be wired into your account directly
without any hitch. As soon as the fund gets to your
account, you are expected to move it immediately into
another personal bank account in your country. I will see
to it that the account is not traced from
South Africa. As soon as you have confirmed the fund into
your account, I will send my eldest son to meet with my
finnancial advicer
in your country to discuss on business investments.
For your assistance, I am offering you 20% of the principal
sum which amounts to US$6,100.000.00 (Six million One
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) However, you
have to assure me and also be ready to go into agreement
with me that you will no telope with my fund. If you agree
to my terms, kindly as a matter of urgency send me an
email. Due to my sensitive position in the South African
Government, I would not WANT you to call me on phone or
send a fax to me. All correspondence must be by email to my
private email address, If you want to speak with my
Finnancial Advicer , that is fine and okay by me. His email
Adress Is tom-01k@yahoo.ca He will be
representing my interest at RESERVE BANK
OF SPAIN . All correspondence
must be made either to my finnancial Advicer (Mr Thomas
Khumalo) Tel: 27 -73-856-8192
or send me an email. I will also like
you to give me your contact address of telephone, fax and
email to enable my Finnancial Advicer call or reach you
from time to time
Please I do not need to remind you of the need for
absolute Confidentiality if this transaction must succeed.
YOU MUST NOT CALL ME! If you do not feel comfortable with
this transaction, do not hesitate to discontinue.
Thanks for your anticipated
co-operation and my regards to your family.
Yours faithfully,
MRS. SUSAN SHABANGU
The Deputy Minister of Safety and Security
South Africa.
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