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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: "david thambo" <davidthambo002@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 10:03:53 +0200
Subject: VERY URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL
FROM:MR.DAVID THAMBO
#197 AUCKLAND STREET,
MIDRAND AVE.JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA.
Email:dvh_001@yahoo.co.uk
Dear Sam Elliot,
I am Mr. DAVID THAMBO , a South African and a senior civil servant (General
Supervisor) in the South African Gold and Diamond Mining and processing
Krugersdorp, the immediate junior brother of MR.OLIVER THAMBO (Africa
National Congress – ANC) who was assassinated during the apartheid (ignoble
and unhappy) regime.
On 24th April 1994, when apartheid was dismantled the South African
Government decided to compensate the families of all the freedom fighters
that lost their lives during the struggle by placing the educated elites in
high offices in South Africa among which my family was included. For
instance, Nelson Mandela was compensated by being the first president of
South Africa, Richard Parkes was appointed the manager of Shell and BP South
Africa Petroleum and refinery (S.A.P.R.) Jeff Radebe was appointed the
Minister of Public Enterprises and Trevor Manual was appointed the Finance
Minister etc.
In fact, I got your contact / credibility from South African information
Exchange analyzed and assisted by the South African yahoo net work where I
however fined your email address believing in its reputable capabilities, as
regards my intensive purposes to you. As a matter of fact, I have
accumulated sufficiently US$34.5 Million (Thirty Four Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States
Dollars) by the great position of my office as a senior civil servant in the
South African Gold and diamond Mining and Processing Krugersdorp.
Presently, this fund is absolutely kept in an insurance suspense holding in
a private security company in South Africa. The deposition of this fund was
made easier for me with a very strong written
agreement and signatory in a different beneficiary under my control.
Being a South African does not give me any possible room to invest or
utilize this fund in my country as the law strictly prohibits. If the
government hears about it, the fund will be confiscated. This fund is my
struggle and sweat through commissions from unaccountable contracts and
other profitable additions from the company’s original cost price mostly
gained from customers around the world.
Therefore, my plan / intention about this fund is to invest it overseas for
me and my family specially into a straight forward, trustworthy and God
fearing person less taxable account overseas ultimately for investment
purposes. Using your name / company as the beneficiary of the money to avoid
government intervention (South African government) 20% will be your share
for assisting me. And 80% will be for me and my family subject to investment
in your country.
If you are interested in assisting me, please notify me immediately with the
above e-mail address. But if in any case you may not render, please maintain
the high level of confidentiality needed in this transaction.
God bless you
Yours faithfully,
Mr. DAVID.H.THAMBO.
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