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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: "thomas ngobe" <thomasngobe@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 09:56:31 +0200
Subject: Urgent Transfer From SOUTH AFRICA STANDARD BANK
JO'BURG CENTRAL
SOUTH AFRICA.
TEL:+27-73-2072366
FAX:+ 27-11-507-6657
HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
ATTN; SIR/MADAM
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise since we don’t know
each other before, but for purpose of introduction, I am MR.THOMAS NGOBE the
chief Auditor of STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (SB).
There is an account opened in this bank in 1980 and since 1990 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 Late MR.ANDREAS
B.SMITH, a foreigner, and a miner at Kruger Gold co., a Geologist by
profession and he died since 1990. 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
company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is
(USD$ 26M) Twenty six million United States Dollars million dollars.
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 US Dollars and the former owner of the
account is Late MR.ANDREAS B.SMITH a foreigner too.
Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take
immediately. 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 or sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that you can
receive this money into a foreign account or any account of your choice
where the fund will be safe. And 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. 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 later, if you are able and willing to handle such amount in strict
confidence and trust
according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit because this
opportunity will never come again in my life. 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 this money
is transfered into your account.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 15% of the total
amount, 80% will be for me, and while 5% will be for expenses both parties
might have incurred during the process of transferring.
I look forward to your earliest reply through my email or by my
Tel:+27-73-2072-366
Yours truly,
THOMAS NGOBE
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