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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.
  • richard_benson4@yahoo.com
  • richard_benson4@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Richard Benson" <richardbenson2@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:35:01 +0100
Subject: Business Request.......

FROM:DR. RICHARD BENSON.
FLAT 27 BLOCK 9,RIDGEWAY GARDENS,
NORTHGATE,JOHANNESBURG.
SOUTH AFRICA.
EMAIL:richard_benson4@yahoo.com

ATTN: MANAGING DIRECTOR/C.E.O.
My greetings,

TRANSFER OF US$14 MILLION) FOURTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS

We want to transfer to overseas (US$14 Million) from the Reserve Bank of
South Africa SARB. I want to ask about your capablity or to 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 account immediately to receive
this money, even an empty account 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 Dr. Richard Benson, the Financial Controller at the SARB, during our
end of year financial report i noted that there is a floating fund in an
account in our bank ready to be transferred out of the country in 1990 but
could not be transferred due to un avalablity of an oversea account of the
beneficiary of this fund.And since then nobody has operated on this account
again or come forward for this fund. After going through some old files in
the records I discovered that the owner of the account/fund died without a
heir; hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out
urgently it will be forfeited to the government for nothing.

The owner of this account is Mrs. Jullia C.Siwon, a foreigner and an
industrialist, she died since 1991. And no other person knows about this
account or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and
my investigation proved to me as well that Mrs. Jullia C.Siwon until her
death was the manager of Diamond Safari (Pty.) South Africa.

We want to transfer this sum of US$14 Million (FOURTEEN Million US Dollars)
into a safe foreigners account abroad, 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, but can only be approved to any foreigner with valid
international passport or drivers licence. The money is in US Dollars and
the former owner of the account Mrs. Jullia C.Siwon is a foreigner too and
the money can only be approved into a foreign account. Considering the
recommendation I received in your favour by the South Africa Chamber of
Commerce as regards your suitability and reliability in carrying out this
transaction, I hereby crave your indulgence to co-operate with me in this
mutually beneficiary transaction. I am revealing this to you, believing 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. Please while
replying include your private telephone and fax numbers including the full
details of the account to be used for the deposit. Also note that upon your
reply, we may opt for telephone and fax communication, as this channel may
not be safe for the transaction. With my influence and position in the
bank we can transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable account that
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 you receive this money
leaving no trace from any quater.

As you receive this fund in your account. I will use my position and
influence to obtain legal approvals for I will apply for annual leave to get
visa immediately. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30%
of the total amount, 5% processing of the transfer,while the remaining 65%
will be my and my colleagues. Please if you are interested in this
transaction, contact me with above email address above and I will give you
the procedure of the business.

looking forward to your earliest reply.

Yours sincerely,
DR. RICHARD BENSON.

NB:PLEASE SEND ALL RESPONSE TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS
richard_benson4@yahoo.com.

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