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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: arisonzulu1@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 09:01:35 +0200
Subject: FUND TRANSFER.
FROM: MR. ARISON ZULU
TEL: +27-83-894-6787
FAX: +0044-7092865719
Please, reply to this alternative e-mail address
E-mail arisonzulu@hotmail.co.uk
ATTN: THE PRESIDENT / CEO,
FUND TRANSFER.
I know this message will come to you as a surprise
since we don?t know each other
before, but for purpose on introduction I am MR.
ARISON ZULU the Chief Auditor of
the Leading Bank of South Africa, There is an
Account opened in this Bank in 1980
and since 1990 nobody has operated on this Account
again. After going through some
old files in the records I discovered that if I do
not remit this money out urgently
it would be forfeited for nothing.
The owner of this Account is Mr. Smith B. Andreas, a
foreigner and a miner at
Kruger Gold Co,. a geologist by profession and he
died since 1990. 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 his Company does not know
anything about this Account and the amount involved
is US$20.5 MILLION
(TWENTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS).
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this
money cannot be approved to a
local Bank here but can only be approved to any
foreign Account because the money is
in US Dollars and the former owner of the Account is
Mr. Smith B. Andreas is a
foreigner too. I know that this message will come to
you as a surprise as we do not
know ourselves before, we will Sign an Agreement but
be sure that it is real and a
Genuine Business
Please, reply urgently so that I will inform you the
next step to take immediately
send also your private telephone and fax numbers
including the full details of your
Account to be use for the deposit. I want us to meet
face to face or Sign a binding
Agreement to bind us together so that you can
receive this money into a foreign
Account or any Account of your choice where the fund
will be safe. And I will fly to
your country for withdrawal and sharing and other
investments. I am contacting you
because of the need to involve a foreigner with
foreign Account and foreign
Beneficiary.
I need your full Co-operation to make this work fine
because the management is ready
to approve this payment to any foreigner who has
correct information of this Account
which I will give to you immediately, if you are
capable and willing to handle such
amount in strict confidence and trust according to
my instructions and advice for
our mutual benefit because this opportunity will
never come again in my life. I need
truthful person in this Business because I don?t
want to make mistake, I need your
strong assurance and trust.
With my position now in the Office I can transfer
this money to any foreigner?s
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 to any
place.
You can also come discuss with me face to face after
which I will make this
remittance in your presence and two of us will fly
back to your country at least two
days ahead of the money going into the Account. I
will apply for annual leave to
get Visa immediately I hear from you that you are
ready to act and receive this fund
in your Account. I will use my position and
influence to effect legal approvals and
onward transfer of this money to your Account with
appropriate Clearance Forms of
the Ministries and Foreign Exchange Departments.
At the conclusion of this business you will be given
25% of the total amount, 70%
will be for me and while 5% will be for any expenses
both parties might have
incurred during the process of transferring.
I look forward to your earliest reply through my
telephone and fax or e-mail.
Yours truly.
Best regards,
MR. ARISON ZULU.
(Chief Auditor)
NB: Please, reply to this alternative e-mail address
E-mail arisonzulu@hotmail.co.uk
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