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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: "mark vusi" <markvusi_v@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 19:15:38 +0200
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTAIL
FROM:MR MARK VUSI
PHONE:27 -72-438-1692
HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
Attn;owner,
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise since we don’t
know each other before but for purpose of intruduction,I am MR.MARK VUSI. An
Auditor in AMALGERMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA).
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 discorvered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it
would be forfieted for nothing. The owner
of this account is MR SMITH B. ANDREAS, a foreigner,and a miner at Kruger
Gold Co. A Geologist byprofession and he died since 1990.
No other person know 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 his account and the amount
involved is (US$25.5M) tweenth five hundred thousand MILLION UNITEDSTATE
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 notknow
ourselves before.we will sign an greement,but be sure that it is real and a
geniune business.
Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take
immediately.Send also your private phone and fax number including the full
details of the account to be used for the deposit.I want us to meet in
person 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 had correct
information of this account,
Which I will give to you later, if you are able and willing to handle such
amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and
advice for a 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 foreigners 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 in
person after which 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 with appropriate
clearance forms of the ministries and foreign exchange departments.
At the conclucion of this business, you will be given 25% of the total
amount ,70% will be for me,and while 5% will be for expenses both parties
might haveincurred during the process of the transferring.I look forward to
your earliest reply.
MY REGARDS
MARK VUSI
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