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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: ja.mbuso@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 15:08:30 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?With=20great=20pleasure?=

ATT: PRESIDENT/CEO

With great pleasure I write to implore for your assistance in a matter that
can be of mutual benefit to us. I only pray that you read through carefully
and respond as promptly as possible and keep it confidential because of
the nature of this business, while I am en route to United Kingdom on a
training Course. Within the Ministry of Minerals and Energy in South Africa
where I work as a Director of Auditing and Project implementation, mining
& quarrying contributes 12.3% GDP (R25.9billion) and gold made up R19.9billion
of the export of R45.8billion. Base metal contributes a further R6.7billion
and other mineral products 5.0billion total R57.5billion (excluding diamond
which are quoted separately), during the apartheid movement under leadership
of Ex President De Clerk. With the cooperation of four other top officials
we have in our possession an overdue payment in US funds. I represent a
caucus in dire need of a foreign partner to assist us in the investment
and receipt of US$26,200,000.00 (Twenty Six million two hundred thousand
United States Dollars).



The key issues are the transfer and the subsequent investment procedures
of the said funds, due to our position as Government officials. Furthermore,
all legal procedures entailed in our laws and international laws in transferring
of the funds to you will be documented as a foreign contractor in South
Africa. Since the present Government is determined to pay foreign contractors
all debt owed, so as to maintain good relations with foreign governments
and non-governmental financial agencies. As a result we included our bills
for approvals with the cooperation of some officials in the Federal Ministry
of Finance and the Reserve Bank of South Africa (RBSA). We are seeking your
assistance as a reliable and trusted foreign businessman; furnish you with
the appropriate documents, in laying claims to these funds. Details and
changing of beneficiary information and other forms of documentation upon
application for claim to reflect the payment and approvals will be secured
on behalf of your company

Please be informed that with the South African Government monetary policy,
strategic positioned government officials and employees are not allowed
to operate or own bank accounts overseas, hence we decided to seek a foreign
partner. It does not matter whether or not your company did contract projects
of the nature described here. The assumption is that a major company won
a contract and subcontracted it to other companies. More often, big trading
companies and firms of unrelated fields win contracts and subcontract to
more specialized firms for execution, because South Africa economy was built
up on this basis of foreign capital inflows, now a net exporter of capital
as a result of loan repayment to foreign contractors. I have the authority
of my colleagues involved to negotiate your share and benefit of the funds
after a successful transfer into your account. Furthermore, this transaction
is 100% risk free, provided you treat it with utmost confidentiality. Also
your area of specialization is not a hindrance to a successful execution
of this transaction.



Kindly notify me by email: mbu205@yahoo.com only for further details, upon
your acceptance of this proposal for detail explanation.



Regards,

JAMES MBUSO




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