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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: "williams novete" <wnovete28@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2005 09:53:56 +0200
Subject: OFFICIAL/INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE
FROM: Mr.Anthony MAKO.
No.21 Royal street, Park Town.
Johannesburg.
South Africa.
To:Director/CEO.
Dear Sir,
In order to transfer out (20 million United State Dollars) from our bank. I
have the courage to ask you to look for a reliable and honest person who
will be capable for this important business believing that you will never
let me down either now or in future.
I am Mr.Anthony Mako the Southern district bank manager of Africa
Development Bank(A.D.B).
An account was opened in this bank in 1991 and since 1995 nobody has
operated on this account again. After going through some of the old files in
the records, the owner of the account is a British National and great
industrialist and a resident of Alaska, Mr. Morris Thompson, who
unfortunately lost his life together with his wife MRS. THELMA THOMPSON, as
well as his dauthter MISS. SHERYL THOMPSON in the plane crash of Alaska
Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on january 31 2000, you should read more
about the crash on visiting this site
(www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/)http://www.alaskaair.com/E_latest.asp).
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 his family does not know anything about this account.I want to transfer
this money into a safe foreigners account abroad 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 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 a foreigner too. I know that this massage will come to you as
a surprise as we don’t know our selves before, but be sure that it is real
and a genuine business. I only got your contact address through the computer
with believe in God that you will never let me down in this business. 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 urgently. Send also
your private telephone and fax number including the full details of the
account to be used for the deposit. 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
documents.
Already this fund has been deposited with one of the reputable security
company here in south africa alert security company pty ltd
www.alertsecuritys.co.za by the board of directors of my bank for safety
reasons and as soon as i hear from you i will introduce you to my attorney
who will affect the change of ownership of the fund to your name which will
enable us to transfer the fund to your nominated account as soon as possible
through one of the commercial bank here in south africa, I need your full
co-operation to make this work fine Because the management is ready to
approve the payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this
account, if you are able and with capability to handle such amount in
strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our
mutual benefit because this opportunity may not come to me again.
I need truthful person in this business because I don’t want to make
mistake. I need your strong assurance and trust. I will apply for annual
leave to get visa immediately the fund is transfer to your account and come
for the sharing of the fund.
At the conclusion of this business, i will give you 30% of the total amount,
65% will be for me and my accountant , while 5% will be for expenses both
parties might have incurred during the process of transaction. I look
forward to your earliest reply by E-mail:
Thanks and have a nice day.
Best regards,
Mr.Anthony MAKO
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