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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: "Solomon Joseph" <solomonjoseph3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: solomonjoseph@myway.com
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 18:14:35 -0700
Subject: HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
DearFriend,
This mailmay come to you as a surprise but I plead with you to patiently
read through itbefore making a decision whether to assist me or not.
I am MR.Solomon Joseph, a Bank Manager of a Reputable Bankin
johannesburg,Gauteng Province, in the Republic of South Africa.l wish to
solicit for your assistance in the transaction which l
strongly believe will be of mutual benefit to both of us if treated with
trust andconfidentiality that it deserve. On June 6, 2000, a British Oil
consultant/contractor with the South
African Mining Corporation, (Name deliberately with held for now)made a
numbered time(Fixed) Deposit for Twelve Calendar months, valued at US$6,500,
000.00 (SixMillion Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) in my branch. Upon
maturity, I sent aroutine notification to his forwarding address but got no
reply.
After amonth, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his
contractemployers, the South African Mining Corporation, that the Depositor
died froman automobile accident. On further investigation, I found out that
He diedwithout making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was
fruitless.
Itherefore made further investigation and discovered that the depositor did
notdeclare any kin or relations in all his official documents.This money
(US$6,500,000.00) is still lying in my Bank and the interest isbeing rolled
over with the principal sum at the end of each year.
No one will ever come forward to claim it. And according to Laws of Republic
ofSouth Africa, at the expiration of 5(five) Years, the money will revert to
theownership of The South African Government if nobody applies to claim the
fund.
Consequently,my proposal is that I would like you as a foreigner to stand in
as THE NEXT OFKIN to the depositor so that the fruits of this old man's
labor will not getinto the hands of some corrupt government officials. An
offshore bank accountin any part of the world that you will provide will
then facilitate thetransfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of
kin.
The moneywill be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 65%
for me and35% for you. There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this
transactionwill be done by the bank accredited attorney and my position as
the BranchManager guarantees the successful execution of this transaction.
lf youare interested in giving the required assistance, kindly reply this
mailstating your Telephone/Fax numbers for further action.Because of the
secrecy surrounding this transaction, l
suggest that you contactme only through my Private and confidental email
address solomonjoseph@myway.com
I amlooking forward to a favorable reply from you soon.
Feel free to ask any question in this regard.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Solomon Joseph
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