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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: "Williams Thomas" <williamsthomas20@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: williamsthomass@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:27:11 +0000
Subject: Urgent Assistance
>From Dr Williams Thomas
Appt.104 Herington Court
Abbey Drive, Ran burg
Johannesburg-South Africa.
Dear ,
I am Dr Williams Thomas, the African Regional manager of Barclays Private
Banking Sector (Auditing department), 322 Oxford Drive,Sandton-Johannesburg,
South Africa. This is an urgent and very confidential business
proposition.On June 6, 2001,a Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with the
South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Mr.Ahmed Abukar made a
numbered time(Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at
US$15,500,000.00,(Fifteen Million, five hundred thousand Dollars).
Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but
got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered
from his contract employers, the National Petroleum Corporation that my
customer died from an automobile accident. On further investigation, I
found out that he died without making a WILL and all attempts to trace his
next of kin were fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr.Ahmed Abukar
did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents,
including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of
US$15,500,000.00 has carefully been fixed in my bank for safekeeping.No one
will ever come forward to claim it. According to South African Law, at the
expiration of 5 (five) ears, the money will revert to the ownership of the
Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a Foreigner to stand in
as the owner of the money which was fixed deposited in my bank. I am writing
you because I as a public servant, I cannot operate a foreign account.I want
to present you as the owner of the funds so you can be able to claim them
with the help of my attorney since you have the last name with my customer.
This is simple. I will like you to provide immediately your full names and
address so that the Attorney will prepare the necessary documents which will
put you in place as the beneficiary of the funds.
The money will be moved out for us to share in the ratio of 70% for me and
30% for you. The paperwork for this transaction will be done by the
Attorney. If you are interested, please reply immediately via my email
address and upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details
and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction. Please
observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this transaction
would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your
assistance to invest my share in real estate within your country.Please get
back to me with your phone and fax number
Thanks and my regards.
Dr Williams Thomas
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