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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: miketami@executivemail.co.za
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 00:43:58 +0200
Subject: Solicit Your Mutual Assistance
Kind Attention,
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise since we don t know each other before,
but for purpose of introduction,I am Mr. M. Morebe Deputy Director of OLD-MUTUAL BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA
(O.M.B.SA). 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. EDWARD B. SLIM 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 any thing 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 (USD20.5M) 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. EDWARD B. SLIM is a foreigner too.
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don't 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 number including
the full details of the account to be used for the deposit.
AS Soon as the fund gets into your account 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 later
immediately, if you are able and with capability 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 to discuss with me face to face after whom I will make this remittance in your
presence and two of us will fly 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 20% of the total amount, 75% will be for me, and while
5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of transferring.
I look forward to your earliest reply through my email yours truly.
Mr. M.Morebe
(Deputy Director- Old Mutual Bank)
Email: mmorebe@zwallet.com
Tel+ 27 83 511 9309
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