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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: gabadb2@webmail.co.za
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 12:03:29 +0200
Subject: SRTICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
FROM DR GABRIEL DAVEL
CHIEF ACCOUNTANT AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
JOHANNESBURG,SOUTH AFRICA.
PRIVATE NUMBER:27-73-346 5655
MAIL:gabadb2@webmail.co.za
ATTN: DIRECTOR/CEO
I am DR GABRIEL DAVEL (FCAA), the chief accountant of
African Development bank (ADB). There is an account open in
thisbank in 2001 and since 2004 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 Company, a Geologist by profession that went
for holiday with his family to Thailand and it happends
that he was one of the victims that died inside TSUNAMI in
THAILAND with his family on December 2004.
No other person knows this account or anything concerning
it, the account has no other beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me as well that this company does
not know anything about this account and the money
involved is Thirty Six Million United States Dollars (US$
36 Million).I want us to first transfer US$ 16 Million from
this money into your safe overseas bank
account before the rest.
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
United States Dollars and the former owner Mr. Smith B.
Andreas is a foreigner too. I know that this message will
come to you as surprise as we don;t know ourselves
before.But be sure that it is real and a genuine business.
I only got your contact information from my secretary who
operates computer; with believe in God that you will
never let me down in this business, considering my position
as a public servant.
You are the only person that I have contacted in this
business; so 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 used for the deposit.
Meanwhile, 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 as
soon as you indicate your sincerity to co-operate with
me, and capability to handle such amount in strict
confidence and trust according to my instruction and advice
for our mutual benefit because this opportunity may never
come again in my life.
I need a truthful and God fearing person in this business
because I don;t want to make a mistake so I need your
strong assurance and trust. With my position in the office
I don;t want anything that will jeopardize my job so
I advice that we should make secrecy and confidentiality
our primary working condition, bearing in mind that I am a
public servant.
I will also 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 department. At the conclusion
of this business, you will be giving 35% of the total
amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses
both parties might have incurred during the process of the
transfer.
I look forward to your earliest reply.
Yours sincerely,
DR GABRIEL DAVEL.
(CHIEF ACCOUNTANT ADB SA)
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