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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: arisonzulu@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 10:04:36 -0800
Subject: FUND TRANSFER
FROM: MR. ARISON ZULU
TEL: +27-83-894-6787
FAX: +0044 7092865719
Please, reply to this alternative e-mail address
E-mail:arison_zulu@yahoo.com
ATTN: THE PRESIDENT / CEO,
FUND TRANSFER.
I know this message will come to you as a surprise since we don't
know each other before, but for purpose on introduction I am
MR. ARISON ZULU the Chief Auditor of the Leading Bank of South
Africa, There is an Account opened in this Bank in 1980 and since
1990 nobody has operated on this Account again. After going
through some old files in the records I discovered that if I do
not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited for
nothing.
The owner of this Account is Mr. Smith B. Andreas, a foreigner and
a miner at Kruger Gold Co,. a geologist by profession and he died
since 1990. No other person knows about this Account or anything
concerning it, the Account has no other Beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me as well that his Company does not know
anything about this Account and the amount involved is
US$20.5 MILLION (TWENTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS).
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot
be approved to a local Bank here but can only be approved to any
foreign Account because the money is in US Dollars and the former
owner of the Account is Mr. Smith B. Andreas is a foreigner too.
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we do
not know ourselves before, we will Sign an Agreement but be sure
that it is real and a Genuine Business
Please, reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to
take immediately send also your private telephone and fax numbers
including the full details of your Account to be use for the
deposit. I want us to meet face to face or Sign a binding
Agreement to bind us together so that you can receive this money
into a foreign Account or any Account of your choice where the
fund will be safe. And I will fly to your country for withdrawal
and sharing and other investments. I am contacting you because of
the need to involve a foreigner with foreign Account and foreign
Beneficiary.
I need your full Co-operation to make this work fine because the
management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who
has correct information of this Account which I will give to you
immediately, if you are capable and willing to handle such amount
in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and
advice for our mutual benefit because this opportunity will never
come again in my life. I need truthful person in this Business
because I don't want to make mistake, I need your strong assuranc
and trust.
With my position now in the Office I can transfer this money to
any foreigner's reliable Account, which you can provide with
assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical
arrival in your country for sharing. I will destroy all documents
of transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace
to any place.
You can also come discuss with me face to face after which I will
make this remittance in your presence and two of us will fly back
to your country at least two days ahead of the money going into the Account. I will apply for annual leave to get Visa immediately I hear from you that you are ready to act and receive this fund in your Account. I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your Account with appropriate Clearance Forms of the Ministries and Foreign Exchange Departments.
At the conclusion of this business you will be given 25% of the
total amount, 70% will be for me and while 5% will be for any
expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of
transferring.
I look forward to your earliest reply through my telephone and fax
or e-mail.
Yours truly.
Best regards,
MR. ARISON ZULU.
(Chief Auditor)
NB: Please, reply to this alternative e-mail address
E-mail:arison_zulu@yahoo.com
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