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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: zumamike54@zwallet.com
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 09:05:12 +0200
Subject: ::: Funds transfer (Trusted business partener needed urgently) :::
Dear Friend,
(CONFIDENTIAL).
My name is Mr.Zuma Michael a director in the department of Agriculture
Pretoria,Gauteng Province,Republic of South Africa.
During our last auditing in this department,I discovered some amount of
money belonging to a deceased foreign contractor to the department: Mr.Sheu
Yuan-dong who died with his wife and their only daughter on February 16,1998
in a plane crash.
His file has been dormant in this department without any claim to the funds
from his relatives before my discovery.The said amount is U.S 15.5.
(FIFTEEN MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS). Please View the website below for an insight of what i am telling
you.
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9802/16/taiwan.crash.update2/
Please note that the fact that you are not a taiwanese will not pose any
prpblem for the seccessful transfer of this funds into your account. All
arrangementS to claim this fund as the Bonafide next of kin to the deceased
has been put in place and directives will be relayed to you as soon as you
indicate your interest and willingness to assist me and also benefit yourself
from this great business opportunity.
In this country as civil servants,we are not allowed to operate foreign
accounts this is to guide against misappropriation and embezzlemnt of funds.This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or
fellow who will forward claims as the next of kin to this department and
also present a foreign account where the money should be transferred
into,on request.The law stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed
after Eight years, the money will be transferred into the state treasury
as unclaimed funds.The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business
is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner.
I as a native of south Africa cannot stand as next of kin. I dont want this
money to go into the state treasury as unclaimed. Be assured,this
transaction is 100% risk free.In conclusion of this Project, you will be
entitled to 30% of the total sum as gratification,while 70% will be for
me and my colleague.Please you have been adviced to keep this as a "top secret"
as I am still in service and i still intend to fulfill my political ambition.
I will fly down to your country for the sharing of the funds according to
percentages indicated above and further investments will be discussed. On
your acceptance to be my partner, please email me for a brief discussion before
we proceed.Please keep this proposal secret, even if you dont want to assist
me.I look forward to your urgent reply.
Yours faithfully,
Mr.Zuma Michael.
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