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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: "fred johnson" <fred_johnson01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: fredjohnson@88.am
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 04:50:01 -0700
Subject: Dr. Fred Johnson
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
Dear Sir,
It is my great pleasure in writing you this letter on behalf of my
colleagues and myself. Your particulars were giving to me by a member of the
South African Export Promotion Council (S.A.E.P.C) who was among the
Government Delegation to your country during a trade exhibition. I have
decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the
deal describe hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you will
keep it as top secret because of the nature of this transaction, since we
are still in active service. Within the department of mines & mineral
resources where I work as a Director,
Project Implementation and with the cooperation of four other top officials,
we have in our possession as overdue payment bills totaling Sixteen Million,
Four Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars (US$16,400,000.00) which we want to
transfer abroad with the assistance and co-operation of foreign
company/individual to receive the said fund on our behalf into a reliable
foreign company/personal savings account . The amount represents some
percentage of the total value of contract executed on behalf of my
department by a foreign contracting firm based in America which we the
officials grossly over-invoiced. Though the actual contract cost have been
paid to the original contractor, leaving the balance to the tune of the said
amount which we have in principles gotten approval to remit by Telegraphic
Transfer (T.T) to any foreign bank account you will provide.
We have decided to include our bills for approvals with the cooperation of
some officials from the Department of Finance (D.O.F) and the Reserve Bank.
We are seeking your assistance in providing a good company or any offshore
bank account which the funds can be transferred into and also for you to act
as our main partner and trustee . I have the authority of my partners
involved to propose that should you be willing to assist us in this
transaction your share of the sum will be 30% of the US$ 16,400,000.00, 60%
for us and 10% for taxation and miscellaneous expenses. This business itself
is 100% safe, provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality.
Also your area of specialization is not an hindrance to the successful
execution of this transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope
that you will not disappoint me. Thanks for your cooperation.
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Fred Johnson
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