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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: frankpayen011@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 11:31:22 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?I=20NEED=20YOUR=20ASSISTANCE=20PLEASE=2E?=

Dr.Frank Payen
frankpayen011@yahoo.com
No 45 SMITH AVENUE
PARKTOWN JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA.
30TH JUNE,2005.

Dear Sir/madam

URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

I am Dr. Frank PAYEN Director, project implementation with Eskom South Africa
and a member of the Contract Tenders Board (CTB) of the above corporation.

Your esteemed address was reliably introduced to me at the South Africa
Chamber of Commerce and Industry in my search for a reliable individual
company who can handle a strictly confidential transaction, which involves
the transfer of a reasonable sum of money to
a foreign account

This amount of money is total sum of US$22,000,000.00 (Twenty Two Million
United States Dollars), already extracted from various contracts awarded
by my corporation. As a result of over-invoicing masterminded by the concerned
officials, has been drafted to represent final payment for a contract that
has been executed to the corporation some years back.The money is now floating
in the suspense account of Federal Reserve Bank of South Africa awaiting
claim by Foreign Partner which status we now want you to assume.

Now is the optimum period to consummate this
transaction. Following the presidential directive to all your personal/company
\'s account. In my last meeting with the officials involved, it was
unanimously agreed that 30% of the total sum will be given to you. 60% will
be for my colleague, and me. While 10% will he used to reimburse the expenses
that may be incurred in the processing of the transfer.

I assure you the transaction is 100% risk free as we have concluded every
arrangement to protect the interest of every one involved. Likewise, all
modalities for the successful transfer of this money have been worked out
with the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Federal Reserve Bank of South
Africa to facilitate the remittance of this money to your
designated account.

However. I would want to believe that you are honest enough and will not
raise any misgiving attitude in any aspect of the transaction, more importantly,
you will keep this transaction very confidential so as not to tarnish the
confidence reposed on these official by the Government of South Africa.

Your immediate response will be highly appreciated.Please treat this information
as confidential.


Best regard

Dr.Frank Payen




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