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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: "Dr Chug Choo Young" <drchugchooyoung@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:41:57 +0000
Subject: From Dr Chug Choo Young,
Dr Chug Choo Young,
Email:drchugchooyou@netscape.net
RE: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL TRANSFER OF ($ 52,000.000.00 USD)
Dear Sir,
We want to transfer to overseas ($ 52,000.000.00 USD) Fifty two million
United States Dollars) from a Prime Bank in Asia, 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 the above named the M.D of Jubeeg Venture, the Auditor General of prime
banks in Asia, during the course of our auditing last year, I discovered a
floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 1990, however since 1997
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 1997.
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] of
South Africa.
We will start the first transfer with Twenty two million [$22,000.000] USD.
Upon successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall
re-apply for the payment of the remaining amount to your account, the amount
involved is (USD 52M) Fifty two million United States Dollars only. We first
transfer $22,000.000 [Twenty two million United States Dollar of the Total
sum into a safe foreigners account abroad before the rest, 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. However, we will sign a
binding agreement, to bind us together.
I got your contact address from your chamber of commence, 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 also your private telephone and fax number
including the full details of the account to be used for the deposit.
If possible I would like us to meet face to face 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. 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. The bank official
will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this money
leaving no trace to any place. And to build confidence you can come
immediately to discuss with me face to face after which I will make this
remittance in your presence and three of us will fly to your country at
least two days ahead of the money going into the account. 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. 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.
I look forward to your earliest reply
yours truly,
Dr Chug Choo Young
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