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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: "elene mark" <mark_elene@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 14:08:34 +0200
Subject: HIGHLY CONFIDETIAL
FROM: MR MARK ELENE use this e-mail adress{markelene@hotmail.com}
PHONE:27 73-554-6448
HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise since we don’t
know each other before but for purpose of intruduction,I am .MR MARK ELENE.
An Auditor in AMALGERMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA).
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 discorvered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it
would be forfieted 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 know 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 his account and the amount
involved is (US$15M) FIFTEEN MILLION UNITED STATE 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 notknow
ourselves before.we will sign an greement,but be sure that it is real and a
geniune business.Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next
step to take immediately.Send also your private phone and fax number
including the full details of the account to be used for the deposit.I want
us to meet in person 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 had correct information of this account, which I will give to
you later, if you are able and willing to handle such amount in strict
confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for a 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 assurance and trust.
With my position now in the office I can transfer this money to any
foreigners 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 to discuss with in person after which I will make this remittance in
your presence and two 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 with appropriate
clearance forms of the ministries and foreign exchange
departments.At the conclucion of this business, you will be given 25% of the
total amount ,70% will be for me,and while 5% will be for expenses both
parties might have incurred during the process of the
transferring.I look forward to your earliest reply.
Yours truly.
MR MARK ELENE. use this e-mail adress{markelene@hotmail.com}
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