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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: "Susan Shabangunde" <susan_shaab@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 13:52:41 +0200
Subject: URGENT FUND TRANSFER

ATTN: THE DIRECTOR
FROM: MRS. SUSAN SHABANGU
SOUTH AFRICA.
{MY SON CONTACT NUMBER + 27 844600 682).

Attn: Sir/ Madam,

First, let me start by introducing myself as MRS SUSAN SHABANGU,a mother of
three children and the Deputy Minister of Safety and Security since 29th
April 1996 to date under the auspices of the President of South Africa MR
THABO MBEKI.

After due deliberation with my children, I decided to contact you for your
assistance in standing as a beneficiary to the sum of US$12.5M (Twelve
Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only). You can view my
profile at my website www.gov.za click on, Contact Information, then click
on Deputy Minister, and finally, click on Safety and Security and read about
me.

THE PROPOSAL, After the swearing in ceremony making me the Deputy Minister
of Safety and Security, my husband Mr.Ndelebe Shabangu died while he was on
an official trip to Trinidad and Tobago in 1996.

After his death, I discovered that he had some funds in a dollar account
which amounted to the sum of US$7.5M with a security and finance institution
in South Africa which I will divulge information to you when I get your full
consent and support to go for a change of beneficiary and subsequent
transfer of the funds into you a comfortable and conducive account of your
choice.

This fund emanated as a result of an over-invoiced contract which he
executed with the Government of South Africa. Though I assisted him in
setting this contract but I never knew that it was over-invoiced by him.

I am afraid that the government of South Africa might start to investigate
on contracts warded from 1990 to date. If they discover this money in his
bank account, they will confiscate it and seize his assets here in South
Africa and this will definitely affect my political career in government.

I want your assistance in opening an account with bankers through my banker
so that this fund could be wired into your account directly without any
hitch.
As soon as the fund gets to your account, you are expected to move it
immediately into another personal bank account in your country.

I will see to it that the account is not traced from South Africa. As soon
as you have confirmed the fund into your account, I will send my eldest son
with my Attorney to come to your country to discuss on business investments.

For your assistance, I am offering you 20% of the principal amounts of
money.And 5% will be for any expenses that both of us may Incur in this
transaction. And another 2%will goes for Motherless babes home.

However, you have to assure me and also be ready to go into agreement with
me that you will not elope with my fund.

If you agree to my terms, kindly as a matter of urgency send me an email.
Due to my sensitive position in the South African Government, I prefer you
send me email than call. All correspondence must be by email to my private
email address, {which will be given to you when I got your details). If you
want to speak with my Banker or my elder son, that is fine and okay by me.

You can contact my son on his direct line {+27 844600682} his name is {MR
orroto shabangu} and You will have to send down you private telephone /fax
number so that I can forward it to him to reach you from time to time this
is for security reasons.

Please I do not need to remind you of the need for absolute Confidentiality
of this transaction. If you do not feel comfortable with this transaction,
do not hesitate to discontinue.
Thanks for your anticipated co-operation and my regards to your family.


Yours faithfully,

MRS. SUSAN SHABANGU
Deputy Minister of Safety & Security,
South Africa.
{MY CONTACT PRIVATE EMAIL {will be given to you when I got yourdetails).

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