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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: "Dr. Dennis Modikwe" <mod_6nis@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 04:47:48 +0200
Subject: Contact immediately
Dr. Dennis Modikwe
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
Hello,
Do not be perplexed with this note. It's all about soliciting your attention
to transfer the sum (26,000.000.00 USD)Twenty six million United States
Dollars) from a Bank in Africa, I am the Auditor General of a bank in
Africa,(AG)an equivalent of American Certified Public Accountant {C.P.A} and
a personal account officer to the Deceased, I believe that we can do this
business without any hitches, if only you will be trusted and then follow
simple instructions for a smooth success of this business.
I am Dr. Dennis Modikwe, During the course of our auditing I discovered a
floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 1990 and sice 1993 till
now 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. Howard Sweeney, a
foreigner, and a sailor, 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 Howard Sweeney
until his death was the manager Sweeney Coy.(pty). SA.
We will start the first transfer with six million [6,000.000] upon
successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall
re-apply for the
payment of the remaining rest amount to your account. The amount involved is
(USD 26M) Twenty Six million United States Dollars,I want to first transfer
$6,000.000 [Six million United States Dollar from this money into a safe
foreigners account abroad before the rest, but I don't know any foreigner, 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. Howard Sweeney 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 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
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 35% of the total
amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties
migduring the
process of transferring.
I look forward to your earliest reply.
Sincerely,
Dr. Dennis Modikwe.
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