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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: harrymak@pnetmail.co.za
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 10:49:59 +0200
Subject: Please defer to me a.s.a.p.
Mr. Harry Makelele
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Attention: The president/CEO,
It is my great pleasure to write you this letter on behalf of my colleagues. Your
information was given to me by a member of the South African Export Promotion
Council (SAEPC) who was with the Government delegation on a trip to your country
for a bilateral conference talk to encourage foreign investors. I have decided to
seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the deal hereunder
for the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep it confidential because of
the nature of this business.
Within the Department of Minerals & Energy where I work as a Director of Audit and
Project Implementation and with the co-operation of three other top officials, we
have in our possession an overdue payment in US funds. The said funds represent
certain percentage of the total contract value executed on behalf of my Department
by a foreign contracting firm, which we the officials over-invoiced to the amount
of US$26.500,000.00 (Twenty Six Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars). Though
the actual contract cost has been paid to the original contractor, leaving the
excess balance unclaimed.
Since the present Government is determined to pay foreign contractors all debts
owed, so as to maintain good relationship with foreign governments and
non-governmental agencies. We intend to include our bills for approvals with the
Department of Finance and the Contract Review and Payment Committe (C.R.P.C.). So
we are seeking your assistance to front as beneficiary of the unclaimed funds,
since we are not allowed to operate foreign accounts. Details and change of
beneficiary information upon application for claim to reflect payment and approvals
will be secured on behalf of you/your company.
I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you be willing
to assist us in this transaction your share as compensation will be so negotiated
and agreed upon by both you and we on this side, before further details will change
hands to enhance our primary objective.
The business is completely safe and secure, provided you treat it with utmost
confidentiality. It does not matter whether you/your company does contract projects
as a transfer of powers will be secured in favour of you/your company to settle any
legality. Also, your area of specialization is not a hindrance to the successful
execution of this transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you
will not disappoint us.
The mode of sharing after a successful transfer of the money into your account,
shall be 70% to my colleagues and I, for the role you will be expected to play in
this deal, we have agreed to give you 25% of the total sum and 5% for the expenses
we are going to encounter by the two parties at the course of this transaction
I expect your urgent response by my confidential e-mail stated below to enable us
conclude this transaction urgently without any hitch. Kindly notify me for further
details upon your acceptance of this proposal.
Thanks for your co-operation.
Regards,
Mr. Makelele
Email: hmakelele@sify.com
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