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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: "Van Der Walt" <engr_vanderwalt@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:15:34 +0200
Subject: fund transfer

The Director
Account/Audit Dept.
Department Of Mining & Natural Resources,
Pretoria ,South Africa

20 July 05
Attn ; sir,


Seeking your assistance to enable us claim US$18, 500, 000.00

We want to count on you, as a respected and honest person to handle a
transaction with sincerity, trust and confidentiality. I have decided to
seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the deal
described hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep it
as a top secret because of the nature of this transaction.

Solicitors for the out-of-province constructors provided details of the
financial restructuring proposal to Government, so the present Government is
determined to pay foreign contractors all debts owed.

We have reviewed this information of payment thoroughly. So as to maintain
good relationship with foreign governments and non-government agencies, we
intend to include our bills for approvals with the Department of Finance.
Your assistance to enable us claim the money since as civil servant we are
not allowed to operate foreign accounts. Details shall be worked ut in line
with this to enable us claim the money without the slightest problem.

I have the authority of my partners involved to negotiate with your
percentages, we used our official position to influence the award of a
contract to a foreign company based on a gentleman agreement that a certain
percentage of the total contract value will be given to us.

The foreign contracting firm has executed the contract and the contract
amount paid less US$18, 500, 000.00 (eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand
US Dollars).

On response to our proposal with your private contact details Phone and Fax,
full details of the transaction will be given to you.

Contact: Engr,Van Der Walt

Tel: +27 73 811 3974, Fax: +27 73 811 39 75/9,fax 27 11 507 5379

emails;engr_vanderwalt@excite.com,chadroothman@msn.com

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