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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: SIPHO NZANDI <siphonzandi@netscape.net>
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 12:24:32 +0200
Subject: HELLO FRIEND
Dear Friend,
I am an accountant and a member of the Contract Tender
Board (CTB) of the Petroleum, Oil & Gas Corporation of
South Africa (PTY) Ltd also known as Petro SA. I am
presently on a one year diploma course with Madrid
University Spain. I got your contact through discreet
inquiries in my search for a reliable individual or
company who can handle a strictly confidential
transaction that involves the transfer of a reasonable
sum of money to a foreign account. I have no doubt in
your ability to handle a financial business of
considerable amount, which will form the bedrock of an
extensive business partnership in due course. In
unfolding this proposal, I want to count on your
status that you will handle this transaction with all
maturity and confidentiality it deserves.
The money we want to transfer to you amount to a total
of US$15.500,000.00 (Fifteen Million, Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars) only. It was extracted
from various over-invoiced contracts, masterminded by
myself and some of my colleagues for our mutual
benefit when the contracts was awarded by the
Contracts Tender Board (CTB) of the Petroleum, Oil &
Gas Corporation of South Africa (PTY) Ltd. The above
over-invoiced sum has been drafted and short-listed
for final payment to a foreign bank account and it has
been reflected as an amount to be paid to a foreign
contractor for contract that has been executed for the
Petroleum, Oil & Gas Corporation of South Africa (PTY)
Ltd. The money is currently floating in the suspense
account of the South Africa Reserve Bank (SARB)
awaiting claim by a foreign partner, which status we
absolutely want you to assume. The code of conduct
bureau in South Africa has made it an offence for
civil servants like us to(A) operate a foreign account
(B) own a foreign company and (C) take up contract
while still in active service. This is why we need
your assistance.
Now is the optimum period to realize this fund
following the recent directive given to all-federal
parastatals and corporations to pay off all foreign
debts. I therefore seek your assistance to allow the
remittance of this fund to be made to your personal or
company’s bank account. We have agreed that 30% of the
total sum will be given to you and 70% will be for me
and my colleagues after the successful transference of
the fund to your bank account.
I want to assure you that all modalities for the
successful transfer of this money to your account has
been perfectly worked out and as such, there is no
fear of failure. However, I would want to believe that
you are honest enough and will not raise any misgiving
attitude In any aspect of the transaction. Most
importantly, you will keep this transaction very
confidential so as not to tarnish the confidence
reposed on these officials by the nation’s financial
house.
If this business proposal interest you, kindly
indicate your willingness to me through email Address:
siphonzandi@netscape.net for immediate commencement
of the transaction. To enable this fund to be
successfully transferred to your account, you will
also have to provide the following information:
1.Your company name and address that you wish to use
as the beneficiary to claim the fund.
2.Your private telephone,fax Numbers.
3.Your Bank name, address and account number where you
would want the money remitted.
More information about the remittance of the fund to
your account will be sent to you when I receive your
response. Meanwhile, your swift response will help us
to meet the ultimatum given to all foreign contractors
in this payment quarter to ensure that funds are
claimed.
We also wish to discuss investment strategy with you.
We have the plan of investing part of our fund in real
estate with your assistance in your country.
Please, treat this information as confidential.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Sipho Nzandi.
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