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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: "mrdavid mabuza" <davidmabuza@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 18:44:00 +0200
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL!!
DR. DAVID MABUZA
THE AUDITOR GENERAL
ALMAGAMETED BANK OF
SOUTH AFRICA(ABSA)
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA.
TEL: +27 73 222 44 70
EMAIL:davidmabuza@hotmail.com
Dear Sir/Madam
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 DR. DAVID MABUZA,an
auditor in AMALGMATED 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 discovered if I
remit this money out urgently it would be fortified for nothing. The owner
of this account is MR. WALTER STALWAART, a foreigner, and a miner at Kruger
Gold Company, a geologist by profession and he died since 1988. No other
Person knows about this account or anything concerning it.
The account has no other beneficiary and my investigations proved to me as
well that this officials does not know anything about this account and the
money involved is(USD$13.5)THIRTEEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STSTES
DOLLARS.I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this Money Cannot be
approved to a local bank here, but only be approved to any foreign account
because the money is in US Dollars and the former owner of the account is
MR.WALTER STALWART a foreigner too. I know that this message will come to
you as a surprise as we don't know each other,please contact me urgently so
that I will sign an agreement, but be sure that it is real and 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. 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 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 i need to involve
A foreigner with a foreign account and foreign beneficiary.
I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because my team of
workers is ready to Approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct
information of this account,which i will give you later, if you are able and
willing to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my
instructions and advise for mutual benefit because this opportunity will
never come Again in my life. I need truthful person in this business I don't
want to make a mistake.
I need your strong assurance and trust. With my position now in the office I
can tranfer 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 which i will
make This remittance in your presence and two of us wll fly to your country
at least two days ahead of money going into this accoutn.
I will apply for an annual leave to get a 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 owner transfer of
This money to your account with appropriate clearance forms of The ministies
and forign 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 transfering.I look forward to your
earliest reply through my private phone number which is
+27 73 222 44 70
Yours truly,
david mabuza
AUDITOR GEN.
AMMAGAMETED BANK
OF SOUTH AFRICA
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