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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: johnpaulfirstnn@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 16:19:11 +0200
Subject: TSUNAMI DISASTER
FROM: MR. JOHN PAUL.
TEL: +27-83-51-61-41-7
FAX: +27-11-507-5567
EMAIL: johnpaulfirst@homtail.com
GOOD DAY,
Courtesy of Business opportunity, I take liberty anchored on strong desire to solicit for your assistance on this mutual beneficial and risk free transaction with you, which I hope you give urgent attention. To be precise, I am John Paul the Manager of Bills/Exchange at the Foreign Exchange/Remittance Department of First National Bank South Africa.
In my department, we discovered an abandoned sum of US$12,550,000.00 (Twelve Million, Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) in an account that belongs to our customer/contractor who died along with his family in Tsunami disaster that occurred recently, we involve you to authenticate this claim.
Mr. IMAN AJI SASMITO, from INDONESIA who executed contract through Department of Work here in South Africa, but on the process of transferring the money to him, as you know that thousand of people have died after a violent earthquake under the sea near northern Indonesia he died
Meanwhile, his money has been signed for payment in my office before I will give order to the bank for final endorsement of his money.
Nobody knows what is going on except my assistance and I. This is the man’s information.
Contract Sum: USD12, 550,000.00 Million Dollars.
Contract number: FMA/FMF/3-X99/2003.
Payment Approval Nominal Code: will be given to your upon your response to partake.
You will act like the beneficiary of this money; I will give you more information about the transaction
I wait for your urgent reply
Best regards,
Mr. John Paul
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