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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: "Douglas Michael" <usman_1979d@maktoob.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: douglas_782@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 02:42:10 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend
3/5 RIDER HAGGARD
CLOSE, JO, BORGTO:
SOUTH AFRICA.
THE PRESIDENT/C.E.O,
(RE: TRANSFER OF ($ 15,000.000.00 USD}
FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS
Dear Business Associate,
i want to transfer to overseas account ($15,000.000.00 USD) fifteen
million United States Dollars) from a Prime Bank in Africa, I want to ask you to quietly look for a
reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set
up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money,
even an empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as
long as you will remain honest to me till the end for
his important business trusting in you and believing
in God that you will never let me down either now or
in future.
I am MR MICHAEL DOUGLAS, the Auditor General of one of
the prime banks here South Africa, during the course
of our auditing,I discovered a floating fund in an
account opened in the bank in 1990 and since 1993
nobody has operated on this account again, after going
through some old files in the records I discovered that the
owner of the account died without a [heir] hence the money
is floating and if I do not remit this money out
urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.
The owner of this account is Mr. Allan P.Seaman, a
foreigner, and an industrialist, and he died, since
1993. and no other person knows about this account or
any thing concerning it, the account has no other
beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well
that Allan P. Seaman until his death was the manager
Diamond Safari [pty]. S.A.
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this
money can not be approved to a local person here,
without valid international foreign passport, but can
only be approved to any foreigner with valid international passport or drivers license
and foreign a/c because the money is in US dollars
and the former owner of the a/c Mr. Allan P. Seaman is a
foreigner too,and the money can only be approved into
a foreign a/c.
However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind us
together. I got your contact through the research i
made in the south african chambers of commerce internet bureau {S.A.C.C.I.B} I am revealing this to
you with believe in God that you will never let me down in
this business, you are the first and the only person
that I am contacting for this business, so please
reply urgently directly through this personal e mail box
so that I will inform you the next step to take
urgently. Send also your private telephone and fax
number including the full details of the account to be
used for the deposit. I want us to meet face to face
to build confidence and to sign a binding agreement that
will bind us together before transferring the money
to any account of your choice where the fund will be
safe.
Before we fly to your country for withdrawal, sharing
and investments.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,upon your positive response and once I am
convinced that you are capable and will meet up with
instruction of a key bank official who is deeply
involved with me in this business.
I need your strong assurance that you will never,
never let me down.With my influence and the position
of the bank official we can transfer this money to any
foreigner's reliable account which you can provide
with assurance that this money will be intact pending
our physical arrival in your country for sharing. The
bank official will destroy all documents of
transaction
immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to
any place and to build confidence you can come
immediately to discuss with me face to face after which I will
make this remittance in your presence and three of us will
fly 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 obtain all legal approvals for onward
transfer of ! this money to your account with appropriate
clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange departments.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given
20% of the total amount, 75% will be for me, while 5%
will be for expenses both parties might have incurred
during the process of transferring.
I look forward to your earliest reply through my
personal email as at above .
Yours truly
Michael Douglas
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