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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: wallterzulu@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:37:23 +0200
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION
FROM :WALLTER ZULU
JOHANNESSBURG,SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: 27:823 979 004
ATTN: DIRECTOR/CEO
I am Wallter Zulu(FCAA), the chief accountant of AMALGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA[ABSA]
bank . There is an account opened in this bank in 1999 and since 2001
nobody
has operated on this account again.
After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if
I do
not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited for nothing.
The
owner of
this account is Mr. Smith B. Andreas, a foreigner, and a miner at
Kruger
Gold Company, a Geologist by profession and he died since 2000.No other
person knows this account or
anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me as well that his company does not know
anything
about this account and
the money involved is [THIRTY SIX MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS]
[USD$36MILLION] I want us to first transfer [US$18 Million]
from
this money into your safe overseas account before the rest.
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign
account because the money is in United States Dollars and the former
owner
Mr. Smith B. Andreas is a foreigner too. I know that this message will
come
to you as surprise as we don;t know ourselves before. We will sign an
agreement, but be sure that it is real and a genuine business. I only
got
your contact information from my secretary who
operates computer; with believe in God that you will never let me down
in
this business, considering my position as a public servant.
You are the only person that I have contacted in this business; so
please
reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take
immediately.Send also your private telephone and fax numbers including
the
full details of your account to be used for the deposit. I want us to
meet
face-to-face and sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that
you
can receive this money into your account where the fund will be safe.
And I
will fly to your country for withdrawal and sharing and other
investment.
Meanwhile, I am contacting you because of the need to involve a
foreigner
with foreign account and foreign beneficiary. I need your full
co-operation
to make this work fine because the management is ready to approve this
payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account,
which
I will give to you as soon as you indicate your sincerity to co-operate
with
me, and capability to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust
according to my instruction and advice for our mutual benefit because
this
opportunity may never come again in my life.
I need a truthful and God fearing person in this business because I
don;t
want to make a mistake so I need your strong assurance and trust. With
my
position in the office I don;t want anything that will jeopardize my
job so
I advice that we should make secrecy and confidentiality our primary
working
condition, bearing in mind that I am a public servant.
I will also use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and
onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate
clearance
forms of the ministries and foreign exchange department. At the
conclusion
of this business, you will be giving[30%] of the total amount,[65%] will be for me, while [5%] will be for expenses
both
parties might have incurred during the process of the transfer. I look forward
to
your earliest reply.
Yours sincerely,
Wallter Zulu.
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