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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: "Engr.EARNEST Mlambo-Ngcuka" <engr_earnestngcuka@handbag.com>
Reply-To: engr_mlambongcuka@katamail.com
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 03:25:14 +0100
Subject: JOB OFFER REQUIREMENTS.
ENGR:EARNEST D. Mlambo-Ngcuka
DIRECTOR PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION (MEMR)
PRETORIA,SOUTH AFRICA.
Attn.Friend/Partner,
I am an Engineer with the South African Ministry of Energy and Mineral
Resources and I am also a member of the Republic of South Africa Contract
Award and Monitoring Commitee in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.
It is a pleasure involving you in this project. Although, this may sound
strange but I seek your indulgence and pray you view it seriously.
Two years ago, a contract was awarded to a foreign firm in the Ministry of
Energy and Mineral Resources by my committee. This contract was over invoiced
to the tune of US$18.5Million. This was done delibrately. The over invoicing
was a deal by my commitee to benefit from the project. We now desire to transfer
this money which is in a suspense account with the MEMR into any oversea
account which we expect you to provide for us.
For providing the account where we shall remit the money, you will be entitled
to 30% of the money, 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred by both
parties during course of transfer, while the remaining 60%will be for my
partners and myself.
I would require the followings:
1:Full Name:
2:Contact Address:and address
3:Private Telephone and Fax number
4company Name (if Any)
The above information would be used to make formal application as a matter
of procedure for the release of the money and onward transfer to your account.
It does not matter whether or not your company does contract projects of
this nature described here, the assumption is that your company won the major
contract and subcontracted it out to other companies.
More often than not, big trading companies or firms of unrelated fields
win major contracts and subcontract to more specialized firms for execution
of such contracts. We have strong and reliable connections, top government
contacts at the South Africa Reserve Bank and Ministry of Finance and we
have no doubt that all this money will be released and transferred if we
get the necessary foreign partner to assist us in this deal. Therefore, when
the business is successfully concluded we shall through our connection withdraw
all documents used from all the concerned Government Ministries for 100%
security. We are civil servants and we will not want to miss this oppportunity.
Please contact me immediately through my Email Address;E-Mail:engr_mlambongcuka@katamail.com
whether or not you are interested in this deal. If you are not, it will enable
me scout for another foreign partner to carry out this deal. But where you
are interested, send the required informations aforementioned herein without
delay as time is of essence in this business.
I want to assure you once again that this transaction is 100% risk free both
now and in the future.
I await your urgent response.
Regards,
ENGR:EARNEST D. Mlambo-Ngcuka
PRETORIA,SOUTH AFRICA
engr_mlambongcuka@katamail.com
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