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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: "Mr.James Cross" <jjcross204@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 11:09:25 +0000
Subject: STRICTLY PERSONAL
Mr. James Cross
South Africa Department of Minerals & Energy
Pretoria, South Africa
Private Phone+2783 3566265.
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT
Sir,
I am Mr. James Cross, a native of Cape Town in South Africa and I am an
Executive Accountant with the South Africa Department of Minerals & Energy.
Be informed that a member of the South Africa Export Promotion Council
(SEPC)
who was at the Government delegation to your country during a trade
exhibition
gave your enviable credentials/particulars to me. I have decided to seek a
confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the deal described
hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep it as a top
secret because of the nature of this transaction.
Within the Department of Minerals & Energy where I work as an Executive
Accountant and with the co-operation of four other top officials, we have in
our possession as overdue payment, bills totalling Sixteen million, two
hundred and fifty thousand U. S. Dollars ($16,250,000.00). This is the
amount
we want to transfer abroad with the assistance and co-operation of a foreign
company/individual to receive the said fund on our behalf or a reliable
foreign non-company account to receive such funds. More so, we are
handicapped
in the circumstances, as the South Africa Civil Service Code of Conduct does
not allow us to operate offshore account hence your importance in the whole
transaction.
This amount $16.25m represents the balance of the total contract value
executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign contracting firm, which we
the officials over-invoiced deliberately. Though the actual contract cost
have
been paid to the original contractor, leaving the balance to the tune of the
said amount which we have in principle secured approval to remit by Key
tested
Telegraphic Transfer (K.T.T) to any foreign bank account you will provide by
filing in an application through the Justice Ministry here in South Africa
for
the transfer of rights and privileges of the former contractor to you.
I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you be
willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the sum will be 25%
of
the $16.25 million; 70% is for us while the rest go for taxation and
miscellaneous expenses. The business itself is 100% safe on your part
provided
you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Also, your area of
specialisation is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this
transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not
disappoint me. Endeavour to contact me immediately by my private telephone
and
fax numbers whether or not you are interested in this deal. If you are not,
I
will then scout for another foreign partner to carry out this deal. I want
to
assure you that my partners and myself are in a position to make the payment
of this claim possible provided you can give us a very strong assurance and
guarantee that our share will be secure. Please remember to treat this
matter
as a very confidential one, because we will not comprehend with any form of
exposure as we are still in active Government Service. Note also that time
is
of essence in this business.
I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.
Yours faithfully,
James Cross.
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