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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: "stkoseff stkoseff" <stkoseff011@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: stkoseff01@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 23:37:35 +0000
Subject: URGENT NEED
FROM THE DESK OF STEPHEN KOSEFF.
URGENT NEED.
Good day,I know this will come to you as a surprise but the need to involve
a realiable and honest person to transfer out U.S.$72,500,000.00 from my
employers(INVESTEC BANK ,SOUTH AFRICA)has made me to seek your assistance
believing that you will never let me down either now or in future.I am
Stephen koseff ,a Senior staff of(Investec Bank,South Africa) There is
an Account opened in this Bank in 1980 and since 1995,nobody has operated
this Account again,after going through some old files in the records,i
discovered that if i do not remit this money out urgently,it will be
fortified for nothing.The owner of this Account is Mr Jack Hamilton,A
Foreigner and the owner of Jackham Group of Companies Ltd,South Africa.He
died since
1995,no other person knows about this Dormant Account or anything concerning
it,the Account has no other Beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as
well that his company and his Family does not know anything about this
Account and the amount involved is US$72,500,000.00 (Seventy Two
Million,Five Hundred Thousand Dollars). I want to transfer this money into a
safe Foreign
Account abroad but i dont know any Foreigner. I am contacting you as a
Foreigner because this money can not be approved to any local Bank here but
can only be approved for Transfer to any Foreign Account because the money
is in Foreign Currencey and the former owner of the Account being Mr Jack
Hamilton was a Foreigner.I only got your Email Address from the Internet
International Trade Directory with believe in God that you are the right
person that is capable to aid me in this Business and you are the only
person that i have contacted for this Business for now, so please reply
urgently.I will apply for my resignation after the funds has been
transfered into your nominated Account as this will enable me to come over
to your Country and collect my share and invest a good part of it in your
Country on projects you will advise me as lucrative in your Country.The
Management of my Bank is ready to approve this funds to any Foreigner who
has the correct information to this Account which i will give to you when
you assure me your capability to handle such amount in strict confidence and
trust,i need your
strong assurance and trust.I will destroy all the documents concerning this
transaction immediately the funds are transfered to your nominated Account
leaving no trace of the transfer to any place.I will use my Highrank
position here in my Bank and influence other co-staffs to effect Legal
approvals and onward Transfer of this money to your Nominated Account as the
Next of Kin to the Late Account owner with appropriate clearance from
probate registry & Foreign Payment Department with assurance that this money
will be intact pending my physical arrival in your Country for the sharing
and other investments,at the conclusion of this Business,i will give
you 30% of the total amount,i will take 70% hoping that this sharing ratio
is accepted by you. I am deperately waiting for your earliest response.
Regards,
Stephen Koseff.
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