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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: "Fredrick Kwatema" <fredrick_kwatema02@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 12:00:05 +0200
Subject: Personal
FROM THE DESK OF:
ENGR. FREDRICK KWATEMA
Dear Friend,
It is my great pleasure in writing you this letter on behalf of my
colleagues. Your particulars were given to me by a member of the South
Africa Export Promotion Council (S.E.P.C) who was with the federal
government delegation to your country during a trade exhibition. I have
decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the
deal described hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you will
keep it as top secret because of the nature of this business.
I am ENGR.FREDRICK KWATEMA, Director Of Project Implementation, South Africa
Department of Minerals & Energy I am making this contact with you, based on
the committee's need for an Individual/company who is willing to assist us
in the execution of this business. Within the Department of Minerals &
Energy, where I work as a Director of the Project Implementation and with
the good co-operation of four other top officials, we have in our possession
as over due payment bills, totaling Twenty One Million, Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars (US$21,500,000) Which we want to transfer
abroad with the assistance and co-operation of A Foreign Company/individual
to receive the said funds on our behalf. More so, we are handicap in these
circumstances, as the South African Civil Services code of conduct does not
allow us to operate an offshore account. Hence your importance in this
transaction.
This amount $21.5Million represents the balance of the total contract value
executed on behalf of my ministry by a Foreign Contracting Firm, which we
the Officials over invoiced deliberately. Though the actual contract cost
has been paid to the original contractor, leaving the balance in the tune of
the said amount, which we have in principles gotten approval to remit by Key
Tested Telegraphic Transfer (K.T.T). to any Foreign Bank Account you will
provide by filing an Application through the Ministry Of Justice here in
South Africa, for the transfer of rights and privileges of the former
contractor to you.
I have the Authority of my partners involved to propose that you should be
willing to assist us in this transaction, your share of the sum is 30% of
the $21.5Million, 60% for us and 5% for taxation and miscellaneous expenses
and remaining 5% will be for charity organization. The transaction it self
is 100% safe, on your part provided you treats it with utmost secrecy and
confidentiality. 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 me. I want to assure you that my
partner and myself are in the position to make the payment of this claim
possible, provided that you can give us a very strong assurance and
guarantee that the funds will be secured and please, remember to treat this
matter very confidential, because we will not comprehend with any form of
exposure as we are still in active Government service. Please, reply me on
my confidential email address: fredrick_kwatema@yahoo.com or call me on my
direct telephone number +27-73 988 7785. Once again, remember that time is
of great essence in this transaction. I wait in anticipation of your
fullest co-operation. Thank you for your co-operation.
Yours Faithfully,
ENGR. FREDRICK KWATEMA
+27-73 988 7785.
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