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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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From: "drprince h" <drprinceh5@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 13:28:01 +0200
Subject: DEAR FRIEND
FROM THE DESK OF:
AMALGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA)
SANDTON BRANCH.
Tell: +27 834=830=086
{USD32, MILLION TO TRANSFER}
DEAR FRIEND
I am Dr.Prince Harris, the chief auditor of Amalgamated Bank of South Africa
{ABSA}. I have urgent and very confidential business proposal for you. An
American Gold consultant/contractor with the South African Solid Gold
Corporation,
Mr. William Bryant made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar
months, valued at US$32,000,000.00 (Thirty Million Dollars) in my branch
upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but
got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered
from his contract employers, the South African Solid Gold Corporation that
William Bryant died in a plane crash in Alaska Airlines Flight 261(for more
information about this crash and person you can contact this website:
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/ since we got
this information about his death.
On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL and
all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made
further investigation and discovered that Mr. William Bryant did not declare
any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank
Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$32,000,000.00 is still sitting
in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at
the end of each year.
Up till now, no other person knows about this account or anything concerning
it, this account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me
as well that this company does not know anything about this account.
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to a local bank here, but can be approved to any foreign account
because the money is in US dollars and the former owner of the account Mr.
William Bryant a was a foreigner and this is the need to involve a foreign
account.
I need your full co-operation to make this work smoothly because the
management is ready to approve this payment to whoever that has correct
information to this account. I shall give you all the informations
concerning this very transaction later, if you are able to handle such
amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instruction and advice
for our mutual benefits because this opportunity will never come again in my
life.
I need your strong assurance reliability with my position now in the office;
I can transfer this money to any reliable account, which you can provide
with assurance that you are not going to run away with this money when
eventually been transferred into your Bank account in your country pending
my physical arrival in your country for sharing of the fund according to our
percentages.
I shall destroy all documents of transaction immediately you receive this
money in your country’s Bank account, leaving no trace of any. You can also
come to discuss with me face-to-face then the remittance will be made in the
presence of both of us.
Then we will fly to your country at least two days ahead before money gets
into your account, I have the tendency to invest my own share of the money
in your country in expectation to sound management and good capital returns
according to your advice.
Be assured that you stand no risk of any kind as the fund belongs to us now.
Therefore, after the eventual stage of the transfer of this fund,
I am offering you 25% of the total fund, 70% will be for me while 5% will be
set aside for expenses that might incur during the course of this
transaction.
You can call me on the above telephone numbers or write me to discuss on the
percentage if this did not go well with you.
I strongly believe that associating with you to embark on this fund; other
business ventures will derive a huge success thereafter.
I will use my position and influence to effect approvals for onward transfer
of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms from the
ministries and foreign exchange department.
I am counting on your sense of confidentiality, as it is my desire to keep
this to yourself.
Looking forward to your urgent response.
Best Regards,
DR PRINCE HARRIS.
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