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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: "micheal douglas" <mich110012@msn.com>
Reply-To: michealdouglas@msn.com
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:04:22 +0000
Subject: Hello My Dear Friend
Hello My Dear Friend
michealdouglas@msn.com
(RE: TRANSFER OF ($ 18,000.000.00 USD}
Dear Friend,
We want to transfer to overseas account Eighteen million Dollars from a
Prime Bank in GHANA (Africa), I want to ask you to quietly 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 a/c immediately to receive
this money, even an empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as long as
you will remain honest to me till the end for his important business
trusting in you and believing in God that you will never let me down
either now or in future.I am Dr Micheal Douglas, the Auditor General of one
of the prime banks here in GHANA, during the course of our auditing,I
discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 1990 and
since 1993 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] 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 is Mr. Allan P.Seaman, a foreigner, and an industrialist, and he
died, since 1993. and no other person knows about this account or any
thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me as well that Allan P. Seaman until his death
was the manager Diamond Safari [pty]. S.A. but I don't know any foreigner,
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be
approved to a local person here, without valid international foreign
passport, but can only be approved to any foreigner with valid international
passport or drivers license and foreign a/c because the money is in US
dollars and the former owner of the a/c Mr. Allan P. Seaman is a foreigner
too,and the money can only be approved into a foreign a/c.However, we will
sign a binding agreement, to bind us together. I got your contact through
the research i made in the south african chambers of commerce internet
bureau {S.A.C.C.I.B} I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you
will never let me down in this business, you are the first and the only
person that I am contacting for this business, so please reply urgently
directly through this personal e mail box so that I will inform you the
next step to take urgently. Send also your private telephone and fax number
including the full details of the account to be used for the deposit. I want
us to meet face to face to build confidence and to sign a binding agreement
that will bind us together before transferring the money to any account of
your choice where the fund will be safe.Before we fly to your country for
withdrawal, sharing and investments.I need your full co-operation to make
this work fine, 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 instruction of a key bank official who is
deeply involved with me in this business.I need your strong assurance that
you will never,never let me down.With my influence and the positionof the
bank official 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. The bank official will
destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this money
leaving no trace to any place and to build confidence you can come
immediately to discuss with me face to face after which I will make this
remittance in your presence and three of us will fly to your country at
least two days ahead of the money going into the account. I will apply for
annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from you that you are ready to
act and receive this fund in your account. 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 and
foreign exchange departments.At the conclusion of this business, you will be
given 20% of the total amount, 75% will be for me, while 5% will be for
expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of
transferring. I look forward to your earliest reply through my personal
email as at above
Yours truly
Micheal Douglas
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