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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" <dmando@handbag.com>
Reply-To: davidmandibo@msn.com
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 12:37:40 +0100
Subject: RE ;Y our attention
ECONOMIC RECOVERY COMMITTEE,
FEDERAL SECRETARIAT,
PRETORIA.
Dear Sir,
First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in
this transaction, this is by virtue of it's nature as
being utterly confidential and top secret as you were
introduced to us in confidence through the South
African Chamber of Commerce, foreign trade division.
and if the contents of this mail does meet with your
approval, i humbly crave your indulgence.
I am the chairman of the Economic Recovery Committe
(ERC) set up by the civilian Government of Thabo
Mbeki to review economic policies of government
parastatals, and find out ways to reduce waste and
maximise revenues allocated to them.
In the course of our work at the ERC, we discovered
some fund which resulted from gross re-valuation of
contracts by top government officials of the South
African Public Service Commission (SAPSC).
The company that executed the contracts have been duly
paid and the contracts commissioned leaving the said
lying unclaimed in the escrow account of the SAPSC
with the South African Reserve Bank.
upon interogation of the directors of engineering and
finance of the SAPSC, who both happen to be my
contemporaries at the university confessed to me in
confidence that they had an agreement with the
original contractor to revalue the original contract
sum by 30%.
This 30% which amounts to USD19.2m was to be their
share from the contract, since the original contractor
was well disposed towards giving them the conventional
10% kickback.
When I now asked them what they intended to do now
that my committee has discovered this USD19.2M,
they begged me not to disclose this information to the
government as they will lose their jobs and their
family names destroyed. I was at at a crossroad, as I
did not want my friends to suffer for what other top
government officials do and get away with. I discussed
with the other two members of my committee and we all
unanimously agreed to transfer this fund out and share
amongst ourselves.
I have therefore been mandated as a matter of trust by
my colleagues in the committee to look for an overseas
partner to whom we could transfer the sum of US$19.2M
legally subcontracting the entitlement to you/your
company. This is bearing in mind that our civil
service code of conduct forbids us from owning
foreign company or running foreign account while in
government service hence the need for an overseas
partner.
Should this transaction interest you, you are to
contact me on my personal e-mail address, so that I
can brief you fully, and discuss your renumeration for
this undertaking.
All logistics are in place and all modalities worked
out for the smooth conclusion of the transaction
within ten to fourteen days of commencement after
receipt of the following information: Your full
name/ company name, address, company's details &
activities, telephone & fax numbers.
These information will enable us make the applications
and lodge claims to the concerned ministries &
agencies in favour of your company and it is pertinent
to state here that this transaction is entirely based
on trust as the solar bank draft or certified cheque
drawable in any of the South Africasn Reserve Bank
correspondent bankers in America, Asia and Europe is
going to be made in your name.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter using
my personal E-mail address: davidmandibo@msn.com
Yours Faithfully
David mandibo
___________________________________________________________
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