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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: "jochaka@ommail.com" <jochaka@ommail.com>
Reply-To: john_chaka@zwallet.com
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 08:16:46 -0500
Subject: PARTNERSHIP

DIRECTOR OF PROJECT
MMNR, SOUTH AFRICA
CONFIDENTIAL TEL: +873-763-432-050
CONFIDENTIAL FAX: +873-763-432-051

Attn: Sir,

I am Dr. John Chaka chaka, Director of Project, South Africa
Department of Mineral and Energy.
I am making this contact with you based on the committee's
need for an individual/company
who is willing to assist us with a solution to a money
transfer. First and foremost
apologized using this medium to reach you for a
transaction/business of this magnitude, but this is due to
Confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this medium.

In unfolding this proposal, I want to count on you, as a
respected and honest person to handle this transaction with
sincerity, trust and confidentiality. I have decided to seek
a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the
deal described here under for the benefit of all parties and
hope you will keep it as a top secret because of the nature
of this transaction. Within the Ministry of Mining and
Natural Resources where I work as Director of Project
Implementation and with the Co-operation of four other top
officials, we have in our possession as overdue payment
bills totaling Fourteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars (US$14,500,000.) which we want to
transfer abroad with the assistance and cooperation of a
foreign company/individual to receive the said fund on our
behalf or a reliable foreign non-company account to receive
such funds.

More so, we are handicapped in the circumstances, as the
South Africa Civil Service Code of Conduct does not allow us
to operate offshore account hence your importance in the
whole transaction.

This amount $14.5m represents the balance of the total
contract value executed on behalf of my Department by a
foreign contracting firm, which we the officials
over-invoiced deliberately. Though the actual contract cost
have been paid to the original contractor, leaving the
balance in
the tune of the said amount which we have in principles
gotten approval to remit by Key tested Telegraphic Transfer
(K.T.T) to any foreign bank account you will provide by
filing in an application through the Ministry of Justice
here in South Africa for the transfer of rights and
privileges of the former contractor to you.

I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that
should you be willing to assist us in the transaction, your
share of the sum will be 20% of the$14.5 million, 70% for us
and 5% for taxation and Miscellaneous expenses and while
balance 5% will go to charity organization.

The business itself is 100%safe, on your part provided you
treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Also your
area of specialization is not a hindrance to the successful
execution of this transaction. I have reposed my confidence
in you and hope that you will not disappoint me.

Endeavor to contact me immediately through my above email (
john_chaka4040@yahoo.ca)to confirm whether or not you are
interested in this deal. If you are not, it will enable I
scout for another foreign partner to carryout this deal.

I want to assure you that my partners and I are in a
position to make the payment of this claim possible provided
you can give us a very strong Assurance and guarantee that
our share will be secured and please, remember to treat this
matter very confidential, because we will not comprehend
with any form of exposure as we are still in active
Government Service.

Once again, remember that time is of great essence in this
transaction wait in anticipation of
your fullest co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

Dr. John Chaka chaka.

N.B Please you can reach me via this Fax/Tel lines as stated
above.

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