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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: "DAVID BROWN" <davidbrown@homemail.co.za> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:26:55 -0700
Subject: COMPLIMENTS!
I am Mr David Brown one of the directors of Anglo Gold
Corporation and also a member of the Board of
Directors,Contract Awarding Committee that awards contracts
to both foreign and local contractors in the giant mining
industry in South Africa.
We awarded acontract of Thirty-Eight Million United States
Dollar(US$38M).I and my colleagues deliberately
over-inflated the contract amount to the value of
Fifty-Four Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars(US$54.5M),mapping out Sixteen Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars(US$16.5M) for our own good.
The contract have since been concluded and inspected,and
the contractors had been paid off,leaving this our
over-invoiced waiting for claims. Now we solicit for your
assistance in transfering this our (US$16.5M) in your
private or company's account in your country provided it
can
contain this figure.
Note that we are in position of all relevant documents to
this money. What I need from you is as follows:
a) Guarantee that you will not expose this transfer to
anybody,because we are still in office and ambitious
politicians who will not like to risk their position in the
society.
b) Your honesty,that you will not run away with our money.
c) Your bank particulars where this money will be
transfered into.
We have agreed to give to you 15% of the total amount for
providing us with your bank
account. And 5% for expences(viz): Faxes/Telephone calls
and other micellaneous expences that is incurred locally
and internationally on the course of this transaction,while
80% remains for our investment in your country.
Remember, we are government officials here, therefore can
not handle this transfer on our own. We request that you
keep this transaction highly confidential, as we would not
like to be exposed for our security.
We beleive that you are a trustworthy and honest fellow who
will not cheat us when this money is transferred into your
account. Contact me immidiately you recieve this mail on
the same e-mail address or on the telephone number below.
Expecting your reply soonest.
Best regards,
Mr. David Brown.
(+27 73 293 3769)
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