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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: Sido.Sinnema@corusgroup.com (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 20:06:38 +0200
Subject: Assistance Requested
Original Recipients:To:maria.soriano-lopez@corusgroup.com
cc:
Original Recipients:To:
cc:
Dear Friend,
I write to seek your cooperation as my foreign partner and your assistance
to enable us to own properties and invest in the stable economy of your
country. I apologize if this mail does not suit your personal or business
ethics.
My names are Dr Michael Radford, We are making this venture proposal to you
in strict confidence. As senior civil servants in the South Africa
Government, the South African civil service laws (Code of Conduct bureau)
forbid us to own a foreign account. The money we have in our possession is
an overdue payment bill totaling Twenty Six Million, Four Hundred and
Twenty Six Thousand US Dollars S$26,426,000.00) which we want to transfer
abroad with the assistance and co-operation of a company/or an individual
to receive the said funds, via a reliable Bank Account.
If you will like to assist us as a partner, then indicate your interest
after which we shall both discuss on the modalities. All other information
to facilitate the remittance of the funds will be revealed to you in due
course. For your assistance, you shall receive 30% amounting to
US$7,927,800.00 of the US$26.426Million, 60% amounting to US$15,855,600 for
us and 10% amounting to US$2,642,600
will be used to settle taxation and other miscellaneous expenses in the
course of transferring the funds to your account.
Please indicate your direct telephone and direct fax number when replying
this business proposal preferably through my alternative address as this is
my only confidential email address: dr_m_radford1@consultant.com, I will
call you when necessary. If you are not interested, please also indicate so
that it will enable me to contact other foreign partner with
recommendations to carry out this deal.
A swift acknowledgment of your receipt of this mail will be appreciated.
Thank you and God bless you.
Best regards.
Dr Michael Radford
Department of Transport
Republic of South Africa.
NB:Please also send a copy of your response to my yahoo address
(dr_m_radford1@consultant.com)
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This transmission is confidential and must not be used or disclosed by
anyone other than the intended recipient. Neither Corus Group Plc nor
any of its subsidiaries can accept any responsibility for any use or
misuse of the transmission by anyone.
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