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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: titoowenixyz@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 11:55:09 +0200
Subject: JOINT INVESTMENT PROPOSAL!

From :Dr. Tito Oweni.
Miistry of Mines and Natural resources,
South Africa.
Confidential Direct Tel: +27-833-663-265

PLEASE REPLY ONLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL: titoowenixyz@inbox.com

I am Dr. Tito Oweni, Director of Project Implementation, South African
Ministry of Mines & Natural Resources. I am making this contact with you
based on the committee's need for an individual/company who is willing to
assist us with solution to a money transfer.

First and foremost, I apologize for 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.

In unfolding this proposal, I want to count on you, as a respected and honest
person to handle this transaction with sincerity, trust and confidentiality.

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 Miistry of Mines and Natural resources where I work as Director of
Project Implemention and with the cooperation of four other top officials, we have
in our possession as overdue payment bills totaling Twenty Eight Million, Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$28.5M) 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 African Civil
Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate offshore account hence
your importance in the whole transaction.

This amount US$28.5m represents the balance of the total contract value executed
on behalf of my Ministry 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 $28.5 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 us via telephone or email; titoowenixyz@inbox.com to confirm whether or
not you are interested in this deal. If you are not interested, it will enable me scout for
another foreign partner to carry out this deal. I want to assure you that my partners and I
are in a position to make the payment of this claim possible provided you can give us a very
strong Assurance and Guarrantee that our share will be secured and please, remember to treat
this matter very confidential, because we will not compromise 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,

Dr. Tito Oweni.
NOTE: PLEASE REPLY ONLY TO THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS; titoowenixyz@inbox.com

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