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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: "alfred brant" <abrant@box.it>
Reply-To: mralfredb@myway.com
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 18:44:15 +0100
Subject: From: Mr.Alfred!!!
From: Mr.Alfred Brant.
Phone:+874-763-591545.
Fax:+874-763-591546.
Dear Sir,
We want to transfer to overseas the sum of Forty Two Million United
States Dollars (U.S.$42,000,000.00) from a Bank in South Africa.
I want to ask you to kindly 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 account immediately to receive this money,though an
empty bank account could serve this purpose as long as you will remain
honest to me till the end of this important business trusting in you and
believing in God that you will never let me down either now or in time
to come.
I am Mr.Alfred Brant, an external auditor of a Bank, During the course of
our auditing,I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the
bank in 1993 and since 2001 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 apparent to the throne
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 who is Mr.Robinson.A Patman, a foreigner and an
industrialist died, since 1993,until now no other person(s) knows about
this account or could give any documentary evidence concerning this
account. As such this account has no other beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me as well that Robinson.A Patman until his death
as the manager of De Beers Mining Company in South Africa. However, if
you are interested in this business we will start the first money
transfer with Twenty Million U.S.Dollars(U.S.$20,000,000.00) upon
successful transaction without any disappointment from you. We shall also
re-apply for the payment of the remaining amount to your account.
While the total amount involved is Forty Two Million United States
Dollars (U.S.$42,000,000.00)only I would want us to make a first transfer
of [Twenty Million United States Dollar] (U.S.$20,000,000.00) from this
money 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 account, without valid international foreign Agreement, but could
only be approved to any foreigner with valid international credentials:
passport or drivers license and foreign account because this sum is in
U.S. dollars and the former owner of the account Mr.Robinson.A Patman is
a foreigner too, thus the money could only be approved into a foreign
account.
As a matter of urgency, I will inform you the next step to take, while
you Send your private telephone and fax number including the full details
of the account to be used for the deposit. I need your full co-operation
to make this business a successfull one 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 the
instructions of a key bank official who is deeply involved with me in
this business. I need your strong assurance that you will never let me
down.
With my influence and the position in the bank we can transfer this money
to any foreigner's reliable account which you can provide with assurance
that this money will be intact pending our physical arrival in your
country for sharing. I will apply for annual leave to get visa
immediately I hear from you that you are ready to act as directed.
To prove the authenticity of the business 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, foreign exchange departments, embassy and Board of Internal
Revenue Services.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the total
amount, 65% will be for me,while 5% will be for expenses both parties
might have incurred during this process.
I look forward to your earliest reply through my email address or
telephone/fax number above.
Have a nice day and God bless you.
Regards,
Mr.Alfred Brant.
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