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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: "barret khumalo" <b_khumalo9992004@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:50:28 +0200
Subject: FUNDS TRANSFER ASSISTANCE
Phone:- 027-733-164-028
ATTN:Sir/Madam.
I am MR.BARRET KHUMALO, the chief auditor of NED BANK
South Africa.I got your
contact address from your countrys Trade Journal.
Your impressive and managerial records made me to solicit for your
partnership in these regards. You are the only person that I have contacted
in
this business with the believe that you will not let me down.
After going through some old files in the records
department, I discovered that there is an account opened in this bank in
1982
and since 1992, no body has operated on this account. The owner of this
account is late Mr. Jerome N. Snaga, a foreigner and a miner at the Anglo
Gold
Platinum Mining Company in Mafikeng, as a geologist by profession and he
died since 1992. Up till now, no other person knows about this account or
anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me as well that this company does not know anything
about this account and the amount involved is US$ 62 Million (sixty-Two
Million United
States Dollars).
I want to first transfer US$31 Million (Thirty one Million United States
Dollars) from the money into a safe foreign account abroad before the rest,
but Ive not gotten a trusted foreigner. I am only contacting you as a
foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local bank here, but
can be approved to any foreign account because the money is in US dollars
and the former owner of the account Mr. Snaga was a foreigner and because of
the need to involve a foreign account, I need your full co-operation to make
this work smoothly because the management is ready to approve this payment
to whoever that has correct information to this account.
Of which I will give to you later, if you are able to handle such amount in
strict confidence and trust according to my instruction and advice for our
mutual benefits because this opportunity will never come again in my life.
I need your strong assurance, trust and reliability. With my position now
in the office, I can transfer this money to any reliable account, which you
can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my
physical arrival in your
country for sharing. I will destroy all documents of transaction
immediately we
receive this money, leaving no trace of any place. You can also come to
discuss with me face-to-face then the remittance will be made in the
presence of both of us.
Then we will fly to your country at least two days ahead of the money going
into the account.
I have the tendency to invest my own share of the money in your country in
expectation to sound management and good capital returns according to your
advice. Be assured that you stand no risk of any kind as the fund belongs to
us now. Therefore, after the eventual stage of the transfer of this fund, I
am offering you 35% of the total fund, 60% will be for me while 5% will be
set aside for expenses that might incur during the course of this
transaction , you can phone or e-mail me on the percentage, if this did not
go well with you.
I strongly believe that associating with you to embark on this fund, other
business ventures will derive a huge success thereafter. I will use my
position to influence to effect approvals for onward transfer of this money
to your account with appropriate clearance forms from the ministries and
foreign exchange department. I am counting on your sense of confidentiality,
as it is my desire to keep this to yourself.
Looking forward to your urgent response.
Best regards,
MR.BARRET KHUMALO.
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