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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: bilesony@organizer.net
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 01:13:55 +0200
Subject: KINDLY READ THROUGH AND GET BACK---------------YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED.
FROM: ENGR. BILE SONY
REPLY TO: bilesony@hotmail.com
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT
Good day!
I am Engr bile sony a native of Cape Town in South Africa and I am an
Executive Accountant with the South Africa Department of Mineral &
Energy (D.M.E).
First and foremost, I 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. Be informed that a member of
the South Africa Export Promotion Council (SEPC) who was at the Government
delegation to your country during a trade exhibition gave your enviable
credentials/particulars to me. I have decided to seek a confidential
co-operation with you in the execution of the deal described Hereunder
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 Department of Mineral & Energy (D.M.E) where I work as an
Executive Accountant and with the cooperation of four other top
officials,
we have in our possession as overdue payment bills totaling Fourteen
Million, Five Hundred Thousand US.Dollars ($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
mportance 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 25% of the $14.5 million,
70% for us and 5% for taxation and miscellaneous expenses.
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 : bilesony@hotmail.com to
confirm 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.
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.
I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.
Yours faithfully,
Engr.BILE SONY
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