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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: "John Nkosi" <john_nkosi07@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2005 16:33:17 +0200
Subject: PERSONAL
FROM JOHN P NKOSI
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa
TEL: 27- 83-416-0572
ATTN: DIRECTOR/CEO
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
I am JOHN P NKOSI(FCAA), the chief accountant of African Development bank
(ADB). There is an account open in thisbank in 1999 and since 2001 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 and he died since 2000.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
One hundred and Thirty Six Million United States Dollars (US$ 136 Million).
I want us to first transfer US$ 36 Million from this money into your safe
overseas 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. We will sign an
agreement, 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. I want us to meet
face-to-face and sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that you
can receive this money into your account where the fund will be safe. And I
will fly to your country for withdrawal and sharing and other investment.
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 befor expenses both parties might have incurred the
process of the transfer. I look forward to your earliest reply.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. John Nkosi
john_nkosi08@yahoo.co.in
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