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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: "Jonathan Nziba" <jnziba@webmail.co.za>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 20:52:27
Subject: Business Relationship

Dr.Jonathan Nziba
Pretoria
South Africa
Private Email:jnziba@webmail.co.za


FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION:

I am Dr Jonathan Nziba,a Native of Cape Town in South Africa
and I am an Engineer working with the South Africa Department of Mining & Energy.

First and foremost I apologise for using this medium to reach you for a
transaction 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 part of my government delegation to your country during a
recent Trade Exhibition gave your enviable credentials/particulars to me while assuring
me on your competence to handle a business transaction involving a large sum of money
with absolute confidentiality.

Therefore 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 while
hoping you will keep it as top secret because of the nature of this transaction.Within the
Department of Mining & Energy where I work as a director and with the cooperation of
three other
top officials, we have in our possession an overdue contract payment bills
totalling Twenty Four Million,Six Hundred Thousand united states dollars(S
$24,600,000.00).This money which we intend to process its transfer as a form of contract
payment into a reliable company/individual account depending on your convenience.

Your assistance and co-operation is required due to the circumstances
surrounding our work as government officials whereby the South Africa Civil Service Code
of Conduct does not allow us to operate an Offshore Bank account hence your importance
in the whole transaction.

Presently, this amount (US$24.6M) representing 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 is lying unclaimed in the government escrow
bank account with Reserve Bank of South Africa.We hereby seek your assistance and co-
operation that will enable us to process this sum of money to you as a form of contract
payment.

We have the necessary authority to validate and forward approvals of outstanding contract
claims to the government for final payment on approval through the Reserve Bank of South
Africa (SARB).All partners agreed while mandating me to propose that should
you be willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the sum will be 30% of the US
$24.6
million,65% will be for us and 5% for any expenses incurred in the course of this project
including
telephone and fax bills.

The business itself is 100% safe on your part provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and
confidentiality.Also note that your area of specialisation is not an hindrance to the
successful execution of this transaction.

I have reposed my confidence in you while awaiting your prompt response
through the email address:jnziba@yahoo.com to notify me of your capability to assist us in
achieving success in this transaction.

Finally on your part,we will appreciate you treat this transaction as a very
confidential while we assure of a 100% risk free transaction provided you follow our
instruction totally.

I await your confirmation of my message while praying that this will be the
begining of a lifelong partnership between us. Thank you for your co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

Dr.Jonathan Nziba.

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