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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: "GABRIEL FASSIE" <GABRIELFASSIE@NETSCAPE.NET> (may be fake)
Reply-To: GABRIELFASSIE@EXCITE.COM
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 15:03:26 +0000
Subject: PLS SEE
Mr. Gabriel Fassie
Imperial Bank.
Elma Park Eden vale
Gauteng 1610
South Africa
email: gabrielfassie@excite.com
Dear Friend,
I am Mr. Gabriel Fassie, Head: Enterprise Wide Risk and member of the
executive and risk committees of Imperial Bank, South Africa. This is an urgent and very confidential business proposition.
On June 6, 2003, a Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Mr. David McBride, made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for 12 calendar months, valued at US$5,500,000.00, (five Million, five hundred thousand Dollars).
Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the National Petroleum Corporation that Mr. David McBride, died from an automobile accident. On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a "WILL" and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. David McBride did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$5,500,000.00 has carefully been fixed in my bank for safekeeping. No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to South African Law, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Government if nobody applies to Claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a Foreigner, to stand in as the owner of the money, which was fixed deposited in my bank. I am writing you because I as a public servant I cannot operate a foreign account.
I want to present you as the owner of the funds so you can be able to claim them with the help of my Attorney. This is simple. I will like you to provide immediately your telephone/fax numbers, so that the Attorney will prepare the necessary documents that will put you in place as the beneficiary of the funds.
The money will be moved out for us to share in the ratio of 80% for me and 20% for you. The paperwork for this transaction will be done by the Attorney If you are interested, please reply immediately via my email address and Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details that will help you understand the transaction.
Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in real estate within your country.
Awaiting your urgent response
PLEASE REPLY URGENTLY TO THIS REQUEST, TO THIS PERSONAL EMAIL gabrielfassie@excite.com
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Gabriel Fassie
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