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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: "mike kamalar" <mikekamalar@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 10:25:49 +0000
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
Attn: Sir,
The South African Economy has witnessed a steady growth since the end of
Apartheid. Within the Department of Mining, Quarry and Mineral Resources
where
I worked as Director of Auditing and Project Implementation, Minerals &
Energy
alone contributes 12.3% GDP (R25.9Billion), Gold made up R19.9Billion of the
yearly export while Base metals and other mineral products contribute
R6.7Billion and R5.0Billion respectively. This figure excludes Diamond,
which is quoted separately.
The Government has continuously strived to improve and maintain good
relationship with foreign governments and Non-Governmental financial
agencies
by ensuring payments for all debts owed to foreign contractors. As a matter
of
fact, the Government has sponsored several trade delegations overseas to
improve and attract foreign investments to South Africa.
I write to solicit your partnership in a matter I believe will be of mutual
benefit to us. This would require your trust and capability to work with me
with your genuine cooperation according to instructions. I and two other
colleagues involved in this transaction are still in active government
service
with the Ministry of Minerals & Energy and we are in dire need of a
foreign partner to assist us in the receipt and investment of US$
18,500,000.00 (Eighteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars).
The key issue is the transfer of the said sum to an account that will be
provided by you for this purpose for safekeeping and subsequent investment
in
a profitable venture. We are ready to go into an agreement with you
regarding
your percentage in this transaction.
It does not matter whether or not you own a company, we shall guide you on
what to do. The basis will be that a major company won a contract and
subcontracted it to you. More often, big trading companies and firms of
unrelated fields win contracts and subcontract to more specialized firms for
execution.
We shall follow strictly all the legal procedures entailed in our laws and
international laws in transferring the funds to you. The source of the funds
is legitimate and authoritative; our caucus extends from my Department to
the
Ministry of Finance.
It may interest you to know that a few years ago, a similar transaction was
carried out with one Mr. Patrice Miller, The President of Crane
International
Trading Corporation, at No. 135, East 57th Street, 28th Floor, New York,
10022, with Telephone No. (212) 308-7788 and Telex No. 6731680. After the
agreement between the partners, in which he was to take 15% of the money,
which was duly transferred into his account only to be disappointed on
arrival
in New York as we were reliably informed that Mr. Patrice Miller was no
longer
on that address, while his Telephone and Telex Numbers had been changed that
is how we lost US$21.43M to Mr. Patrice Miller.
This time around we need a more reliable and trustworthy person or a
reputable
company to do business with, hence this letter to you. If you are interested
and can prove yourself to be trustworthy then we can this transaction with
you.
I have reposed my confidence in you and hope you will not disappoint me.
Should you be willing to assist positively with a common goal, endeavor to
contact me immediately through my confidential numbers or fax.
I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Mike kamalar
27-73 218 77 69
Attn: Sir,
The South African Economy has witnessed a steady growth since the end of
Apartheid. Within the Department of Mining, Quarry and Mineral Resources
where
I worked as Director of Auditing and Project Implementation, Minerals &
Energy
alone contributes 12.3% GDP (R25.9Billion), Gold made up R19.9Billion of the
yearly export while Base metals and other mineral products contribute
R6.7Billion and R5.0Billion respectively. This figure excludes Diamond,
which is quoted separately.
The Government has continuously strived to improve and maintain good
relationship with foreign governments and Non-Governmental financial
agencies
by ensuring payments for all debts owed to foreign contractors. As a matter
of
fact, the Government has sponsored several trade delegations overseas to
improve and attract foreign investments to South Africa.
I write to solicit your partnership in a matter I believe will be of mutual
benefit to us. This would require your trust and capability to work with me
with your genuine cooperation according to instructions. I and two other
colleagues involved in this transaction are still in active government
service
with the Ministry of Minerals & Energy and we are in dire need of a
foreign partner to assist us in the receipt and investment of US$
18,500,000.00 (Eighteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars).
The key issue is the transfer of the said sum to an account that will be
provided by you for this purpose for safekeeping and subsequent investment
in
a profitable venture. We are ready to go into an agreement with you
regarding
your percentage in this transaction.
It does not matter whether or not you own a company, we shall guide you on
what to do. The basis will be that a major company won a contract and
subcontracted it to you. More often, big trading companies and firms of
unrelated fields win contracts and subcontract to more specialized firms for
execution.
We shall follow strictly all the legal procedures entailed in our laws and
international laws in transferring the funds to you. The source of the funds
is legitimate and authoritative; our caucus extends from my Department to
the
Ministry of Finance.
It may interest you to know that a few years ago, a similar transaction was
carried out with one Mr. Patrice Miller, The President of Crane
International
Trading Corporation, at No. 135, East 57th Street, 28th Floor, New York,
10022, with Telephone No. (212) 308-7788 and Telex No. 6731680. After the
agreement between the partners, in which he was to take 15% of the money,
which was duly transferred into his account only to be disappointed on
arrival
in New York as we were reliably informed that Mr. Patrice Miller was no
longer
on that address, while his Telephone and Telex Numbers had been changed that
is how we lost US$21.43M to Mr. Patrice Miller.
This time around we need a more reliable and trustworthy person or a
reputable
company to do business with, hence this letter to you. If you are interested
and can prove yourself to be trustworthy then we can this transaction with
you.
I have reposed my confidence in you and hope you will not disappoint me.
Should you be willing to assist positively with a common goal, endeavor to
contact me immediately through my confidential numbers or fax.
I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Mike kamalar
27-73 218 77 69
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