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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: "Mike Greenu" <mike_greenu11@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:44:11 +0000
Subject: Business transaction
Tenders Committee
South Africa Department of
Minerals & Energy
Pretoria, South Africa.
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT
I am Mr. Mike Greenu, a native of Cape Town in South Africa and I am an
Executive Director with a South African Government ministry. I am also the
Secretary of the Tenders Committee set up by the government to look into
contracts under the Department of Minerals and Energy.
We got your contact via the internet and I was mandated to seek your
confidential co-operation in the execution of the project I am about to
describe. This project will be of great benefit to all parties involved and
hope you will keep it as a top secrete because of the nature of this
transaction.
Within the Department of Minerals and Energy, we (me and four of my
colleagues) discovered and we have in our possession as overdue payment
bills totalling Forteen million, two hundred thousand US dollars (US$14.2M)
which we want to transfer abroad with the assistance and cooperation of a
foreign company/individual to receive the said fund on our behalf or a
reliable foreign non-company account to receive such funds. Moreso, we are
handicapped in the circumstances, as the South Africa Civil Service Code of
Conduct does not allow us to operate offshore accounts hence your relevance
in the whole transaction. This amount US$14.2M represents the balance of the
total contract value executed on behalf of this Department by a foreign
contracting firm, which was over-invoiced deliberately. Though the actual
contract cost have been paid to the original contractor, leaving the balance
in the tune of the said amount which we have in principle gotten approval to
remit by key-tested telegraphic transfer (K.T.T.) to any foreign bank
account you will provide by filing an application through the Justice
Ministry here in South Africa for the transfer of rights and privileges of
the former contractor to you.
I have the authority of my partners to propose that SHOULD YOU BE WILLING to
assist us in this transaction, your share of the sum will be 30% of the
total sum, 60% for us and the rest for taxation and miscellaneous expenses.
The business itself is 100%-SAFE for all involved. This is possible if on
your part , you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Please
note that your area of specialisation is not a hindrance to the successful
execution of this transaction. I wish reposed my confidence (which the
committee vetoed) in you and hope that you will not disappoint me. Endeavour
to contact me immediately by emai:l mike_greenu01@bizhat.com, whether or not
you are interested in this deal. If you are not, it will enable me scout
for another foreign partner to carry out this deal.
I want to assure you that my partners and myself are in a position to make
the payment of this claim possible provided you can give us a very strong
assurance and guarantee that our share will be secure. Please remember to
treat this matter as a very confidential matter, because we will not
comprehend with any form of exposure as we are still in active government
service and.
Due to the funds we borrowed to process this project to this stage, time is
of essence because of interest on borrowed funds.
Also furnish me with your contact telephone and fax number, so that I can
forward to you more information concerning the project.
I await in anticipation of your fullest cooperation.
Yours faithfully,
Mike Greenu(Dr)
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