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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: mike_mimosa@postmaster.co.uk
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 22:23:43 +0200
Subject: WAITING FOR YOUR REPLY
Mr. Michael Mimosa
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Sir/Madam,
It is my great pleasure to write you this letter on
behalf of my colleagues. Your information was given to
me by a member of the South African Export Promotion
Council (SAEPC) who was with the Government delegation
on a trip to your country for a bilateral conference
talk to encourage foreign investors. I have decided to
seek a confidential co-operation with you in the
execution of the deal hereunder for the benefit of all
parties and hope you will keep it confidential because
of the nature of this business.
Within the Department of Minerals & Energy where I work
as a Director of Audit and Project Implementation and
with the co-operation of three other top officials, we
have in our possession an overdue payment in US funds.
The said funds represent certain percentage of the total
contract value executed on behalf of my Department by a
foreign contracting firm, which we the officials
over-invoiced to the amount of US$28.500,000.00 (Twenty
Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars). Though
the actual contract cost has been paid to the original
contractor, leaving the excess balance unclaimed.
Since the present Government is determined to pay
foreign contractors all debts owed, so as to maintain
good relationship with foreign governments and
non-governmental agencies. We intend to include our
bills for approvals with the Department of Finance and
the Contract Review and Payment Committee (C.R.P.C.). So
we are seeking your assistance to front as beneficiary
of the unclaimed funds, since we are not allowed to
operate foreign accounts. Details and change of
beneficiary information upon application for claim to
reflect payment and approvals will be secured on behalf
of you/your company.
I have the authority of my partners involved to propose
that should you be willing to assist us in this
transaction your share as compensation will be so
negotiated and agreed upon by both you and we on this
side, before further details will change hands to
enhance our primary objective.
The business is completely safe and secure, provided you
treat it with utmost confidentiality. It does not
matter whether you/your company does contract projects
as a transfer of powers will be secured in favor of
you/your company to settle any legality. 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
us.
The mode of sharing after a successful transfer of the
money into your account, shall be 70% to my colleagues
and I, for the role you will be expected to play in this
deal, we have agreed to give you 25% of the total sum
and 5% for the expenses we are going to encounter by the
two parties at the course of this transaction
Always use my confidential e-mail(mike_mimosa@yahoo.com)
to enable us conclude this transaction urgently without
any hitch. Kindly notify me for further details upon
your acceptance of this proposal.
Thanks for your co-operation.
Regards
Mr. Michael Mimosa
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