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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: "dave morgan" <p_tom200@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dave_morgan2005@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 07:18:56 -0500
Subject:
Dear Friend
It is my great pleasure to write you this letter on
behalf of my colleagues.
your information was given to me by a member of the
South African Export
Promotion Council (SAEPC) who was with the
Government delegation on a trip
to your country for a bilateral conference talk to
encourage foreign
investors.
I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation
with you in the execution
of the deal hereunder for the benefit of all parties
and hope you will keep
it confidential because of the nature of this
business. Within the
Department of Minerals & Energy where I work as a
Director of Audit and
Project Implementation and with the co-operation of
two other top officials,
we have in our possession an overdue payment in US
funds.
The said funds represent certain percentage of the
total contract value
executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign
contracting firm that we
the officials over-invoiced to the amount of
US$14.500,000.00 (Fourteen
the actual contract cost
has been paid to the original contractor, leaving
the excess balance
unclaimed.
Since the present elected Government is determined
to pay foreign
contractors all debts owed, so as to maintain good
relationship with foreign
governments and non-government agencies, we included
our bills for approvals
with the Department of Finance and the Reserve Bank
of South Africa (RBSA).
We are seeking your assistance to front as
beneficiary of the unclaimed
funds, since we are on the verge of retiring and we
would like to get this
funds out of the government escrow account before it
is lost but as a civil
servant we can not do it in our own name.
Details and change of beneficiary information upon
application for claim to
reflect payment and approvals will be secured on
behalf of You/your Company.
I have the authority of my partners involved to
propose that should you be
willing to assist us in this transaction your share
as compensation will be
US$3.625m (25%), while my colleagues and I receive
US$9.425m (65%) and the
balance of US$1.450m (10%) for taxation and
miscellaneous expenses incurred.
The business is completely safe and secure, provided
you treat it with
utmost confidentiality. It does not matter whether
You/your Company does
contract projects, as a transfer of powers will be
secured in favor of
You/your Company. Also, your area of specialization
is not a hindrance to
the successful execution of this transaction.
I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that
you will not disappoint
us. Kindly notify me in your response to this mail
if your could be of help
and upon your acceptance I shall furnish you with
all needed information.
NOTE THAT DOING BUSINESS IN THE INTERNET IS A RISK
ENDEVOUR TO SEND YOUR
CONFIDENTAIL PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS FOR EFFECTIVE
COMMUNICATION.
Thanks for your co-operation.
Regards,
ENG.DAVE MORGAN
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