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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: "paul collins" <paulcollins2000@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 01:49:15 +0000
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL
PAUL COLLINS
3/5 RIDER HAGGARD
CLOSE, JO, BORG
South Africa.
8/10/2005
(URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL)
Dear Sir,
We want to transfer to overseas account ($155,000.000.00 USD) One Hundred
and Fifty Five million United States Dollars from a Prime Bank in South
Africa, I want to ask you to quietly look for a reliable and honest person
who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to
set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c
can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me
till the end for this important business trusting in you and believing in
God that you will never let me down either now or in future.
I am PAUL .C. COLLINS, the Auditor General of one of the prime banks here in
South Africa, during the course of our auditing, I discovered a floating
fund in an account opened in the bank in 1990 and since 1993 nobody has
operated on this account again, after going through some old files in the
records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [heir]
hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it
will be forfeited for nothing.
The owner of this account is Mr. Allan P. Seaman, a foreigner, and an
industrialist, and he died, since 1993 and no other person knows about this
account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and
my investigation proved to me as well that Allan P. Seaman until his death
was the manager Diamond Safari [pty], S/A. Upon successful transaction
without any disappoint from your side, we shall re-apply for the payment of
the remaining rest amount to your account. The amount involved is ($155 M
USD) One Hundred and Fifty Five million United States Dollars only.
I want to first transfer $55,000.000 [Fifty Five million United States
Dollar] from this money into a safe foreigners account abroad which you
provide, before the rest will be finally transfered into your account, but I
don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because
this money can not be approved to a local person here, without valid
international foreign passport, but can only be approved to any foreigner
with valid international passport or drivers license and foreign a/c because
the money is in US dollars and the former owner of the a/c Mr. Allan P.
Seaman is a foreigner too, and the money can only be approved into a foreign
a/c.
I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let me
down in this business, you are the first and the only person that I am
contacting for this business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform
you the next step to take urgently. Send down also your private Telephone
and Fax numbers, your name in full and contact address, your age and your
occupation with it's address located, and the full details of the account to
be used for the transfer. I want us to build confidence and to sign a
binding agreement that will bind us together before transferring the money
to any account of your choice where the fund will be safe. Before i fly to
your country for withdrawal, sharing and investments.
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, upon your positive
response and once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with
instruction of a key bank official who is deeply involved with me in this
business. I need your strong assurance that you will never, never let me
down. With my influence and the position of the bank official we can
transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable account which you can
provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending our physical
arrival in your country for sharing. The bank official will destroy all
documents of transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace
to any place. I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately. I hear
from you that you are ready to act and receive this fund in your account.
Please acknowledge your urgent reply to my private yahoo ID:
auditing_manager@yahoo.co.uk
I will use my position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for
onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance
from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange departments. At the
conclusion of this business, you will be given 40% of the total amount, 60%
will be for me, I wait to read from you soonest. Thanks.
Yours Sincerely,
PAUL .C. COLLINS
NB: this is strictly confidential transaction and must not be disclose to
anybody due to scammers in africa.
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