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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: "chris douglas" <admin@mineralandenergydepartment.org>
Reply-To: chrisdouglas1960@yahoo.co.in
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:49:40 +0000
Subject: Engr. Chris Douglas

Department of Mineral & Energy (DME).
Republic of South Africa,
Pretoria.

Dear Prospective Partner,

I am Engr. Chris Douglas, a native of Cape Town and Director Of Project
Implementation, under the auspices of the Department of Mineral & Energy
(DME), South Africa .

First and foremost, I apologized using this medium to reach you for a
transaction/business of this magnitude. It is imperative to intimate you
that i am making this contact with you, based on the Trustee’s need for an
Individual/Company who is willing to assist in the execution of this
business.

Before i go on, let me duly inform you that I got your particulars from a
member of the South Africa Export Promotion Council (SAEPC) who was at the
Government delegation to your country during a trade exhibition.

I have therefore decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the
execution of this deal described here under 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 Department of Mineral & Energy (DME), where I work as a Director
of the Project Implementation and with the good co-operation of four other
top officials, we have in our possession as over due payment bills, totaling
Sixteen Million, Four Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$16,400,000)
which we want to transfer abroad with the assistance and cooperation of a
Foreign Company/Individual to receive the said funds on our behalf.

More so, we are handicap in these circumstances, as the South African Civil
Services Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate an offshore account
hence your importance in this transaction.

This amount $16.4Million represents 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.

Though the actual contract cost has 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 an Application
through the Department 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 this transaction, your share of the sum will be 20%
of the US$16.4 million, 70% for us and 5% for taxation and miscellaneous
expenses and the remaining 5% will be for Charity Organisation.

The transaction it self 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.

I want to assure you that my partners and myself are in the position to make
the payment of this claim possible, provided that you can give us a very
strong assurance and guarantee that the funds will be secured and please,
remember to treat this matter very confidential, because we will not
comprehend with any form of exposure as we are still in active Government
service.

Lastly, remember that time is of great essence in this transaction.

I wait in anticipation your response

Thanks and God Bless you.

Yours truly,
Engr. Chris Douglas

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