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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: "maaka martins" <makaa_martins55@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 14:23:56 +0200
Subject: A PLEA FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE
FROM:THE DESK OF CHIEF AUDITOR,
FIRST NATIONAL BANK(FNB)
JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA.
TEL: 27 83 403 4236ATTN: PRESIDENT/CEO
Dear Sir,
A PLEA FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE
My name is MR.MAKA MARTINS, I am the CHIEF AUDITOR OF FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (FNB).There is an account opened in this bank in 1980 and since the year 1997 nobody has operated on this account again. After going through some files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited. The owner of this account was the late PRESIDENT MOBUTU SESE SEKO of ZAIRE (Now DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO).No one knows about this account or anything concerning it,the account has no other beneficiary and the investigation proves to me as well that his family does not know anything about this account. And the amount in this account at the moment is US$30 MILLION(THIRTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY). As the money is in United States Dollars, I need a foreign partner / account to transfer the money overseas. Thus,I am contacting you.
Please kindly indicate, and if so contact me to enable me inform you on the next step to take. I need your full co-operation to make this transaction work because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information on this account, which I myself will give you if you indicate your interest. I hope you can be able to handle such amount in strict confidentiality because this opportunity will never come again in my life. I need a truthful person in this business relationship because I don't want to make any mistake .I need your strong assurance and confidentiality.
With my position now in the office, I can transfer this money to any reliable foreign account. With assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing. All documents regarding this transaction will be destroyed once I receive confirmation
of the money in your account. Thus, leaving no trace to anything.
At conclusion of this business, you will be given 25% of the total amount (US$7,500,000.00), 70% will be for me and my other office colleague US$21,000,000.00), while 5%(US$1,500,000.00) will be for any expenses that we might incur in the course of this transaction.
BEST REGARDS,
MR.MAKA MARTINS.
(CHIEF AUDITOR)
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