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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: "drmuleko ramabula" <dr_muleko@msn.com>
Reply-To: muleko@kichimail.com
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:00:20 +0000
Subject: URGENT PARTNERSHIP
Attn:
I am Dr, Muleko Ramabula, Director of Audit and supervising, South Africa
Department of Minerals & 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 Twentyone Million Five Hundred Thousand US
Dollars(US$21.500,000.00.) 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.
These approved fund is now packaged and despatched through a security firm
for onward delivery to its final destination in Europe. These fund are first
deposited into a security vault before we arrange for its movement to Europe
through diplomatic channel using decoy purporting that the funds belongs to
an expatriate/company , as we are Government officialls ,we are not
allowed to operate/own foreign bank account,Hence we need you to stand as
the
beneficiary and claim the funds on our behalf from the security firm.
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. 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
theUS$21.500,000.00., 70% for us a nd 5% for taxation and miscellaneous
expenses and while balance 5% will go to charity organisation. 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 e-mail to confirm whether or
not you are interested in this deal. If you are not, it will enable me scout
for another foreign partners to carryout this deal. I want to assure you
that my partners and myself 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.
If you are interested Contact me on my Direct Confidential. Email Address:
muleko1@kichimail.com
1. YourFull Name
2. Your Telephone Number and Fax Number
3. Your Contact Address.
Your Age
Yours faithfully,
Dr: Muleko Ramabula
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