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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • tzambezi@webmail.co.za
  • clarkerewani@tsamail.co.za

Fraud email example:

From: tzambezi@fnbmail.co.za
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 03:41:03 +0200
Subject: Mining Matters


Engr. Tamono Zambezi
Pretoria
South Africa
Private Email:tzambezi@webmail.co.za

For Your Kind Attention

I am Tamono Zambezi,a Native of Cape Town in South Africa and I am an Engineer working with the South Africa
Department of Mining & Energy.

First and foremost I apologise for using this medium to reach you for a transaction of this magnitude but
this is due to confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this medium.Be informed that a member of the
South Africa Export Promotion Council (SEPC) who was part of my government delegation to your country
during a recent Trade Exhibition gave your enviable credentials/particulars to me while assuring me on
your competence to handle a business transaction involving a large sum of money with absolute confidentiality.

Therefore I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the deal
described hereunder for the benefit of all parties and while hoping you will keep it as top secret
because of the nature of this transaction.

Within the Department of Mining & Energy where I work as a Director and with the cooperation of three
other top officials, we have in our possession an overdue contract payment bills totalling
Twenty Million,five Hundred Thousand united states dollars($20,500,000.00).This money
which we intend to process its transfer as a form of contract payment into a reliable
company/individual account depending on your convenience.

Your assistance and co-operation is required due to the circumstances surrounding our work as government
officials whereby the South Africa Civil Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate an Offshore
Bank account hence your importance in the whole transaction.

Presently, this amount (US$20.5M) representing 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 is lying
unclaimed in the government escrow bank account with Reserve Bank of South Africa.We hereby seek your
assistance and co-operation that will enable us to process this sum of money to you as a form of contract
payment.

We have the necessary authority to validate and forward approvals of outstanding contract claims to the
government for final payment on approval through the Reserve Bank of South Africa (RSBA).All partners agreed
while mandating me to propose that should you be willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the
sum will be 25% of the US$20.5 million,70% will be for us and 5% for any expenses incurred in the course of
this project including telephone and fax bills.

The business itself is 100% safe on your part provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality.
Also note that your area of specialisation is not an hindrance to the successful execution of this transaction.
I have reposed my confidence in you while awaiting your prompt response through the email address above or
through my private email:clarkerewani@tsamail.co.za to notify me of your capability to assist us in achieving
success in this transaction.

Finally on your part,we will appreciate you treat this transaction as a very confidential while we assure of
a 100% risk free transaction provided you follow our instruction totally.

I await your confirmation of my message while praying that this will be the begining of a lifelong
partnership between us.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

Engr.Tamono Zambezi
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