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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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From: "Ben Smith" <bensmith_1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: bensmith0p1@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 05:49:01 +0200
Subject: Personal Mail (Reply...........
Dear Sir/Madam,
We want to transfer out of the country the sum of Sixty two Million United
States Dollars($62,000,000.00) from Africa.
I want to ask you to kindly look for a eliable,capable and honest person
who will be fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a
new bank account immediately to receive this money,though an empty bank
account or new account could serve this purpose as long its valid and
outside my country and more so that you will remain honest to me till the
end of this important business trusting in you and believing in God that
you will never let me down either now or in time to come.
I am Ben Smith,the external auditor of a Bank.During the course of our
auditing,I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in
1990 and since 1993 nobody has operated on his account again.
After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that the
owner of the account ied without a“Heir apparent to the throne”hence the
money is floating and if I do not remit this oney out urgently it will be
forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account who is,a foreigner and an
industrialist died, since 1990,until now no other person(s) knows about this
account or could give any documentary evidence concerning this account. As
such this account has no other beneficiary and my nvestigation proved to me
as well that until his death was the manager of his Company,here in South
Africa.
However,if you are interested in this business we will start the first
money transfer with Ten Million U.S.Dollars($10,000,000.00) upon successful
transaction without any disappointment from you.We shall also re-apply for
the payment of the remaining amount to your account.I am only contacting you
as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local account
because since the original owner was a foreigner too, thus the money could
only be approved into a foreign account.
As a matter of urgency,I will inform you the next step to take,when you
indicate your willingness and capability to go ahead in the business.I need
your full co-operation to make this business a
success,because the management is ready to approve this payment to any
foreigner who has correct information of this account,which I will give to
you,upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are
capable and will meet up with the instructions of a key bank official who
is deeply involved with me in this business.I need your strong assurance
that you will never let me down.
With my influence and the position in the bank we can transfer this money to
any foreigner's eliable account which you can provide with assurance that
this money will be intact pending our physical arrival in your country for
sharing.
And to build confidence that you can come immediately to discuss with me
face to face after which I will make this remittance in your presence and
three of us will fly to your country at least two days ahead of the money
going into the account I will apply for annual leave to get visa
immediately I hear from you that you are ready to act as directed.
To prove the authenticity of the business I will use my position and
influence to obtain all egal approvals for onward transfer of this money to
your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries,foreign
exchange departments,embassy and Board of Internal Revenue Services.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the total
amount,60% will be for e,while 5% will be for expenses both parties might
have incurred during this process.
I look forward to your earliest reply through private email address.
<ben_smithb@excite.com> Or <ben1smith1@emsergipe.com>
Yours truly,
Mr.Ben Smith.
#20 Louis Botha Avenue,
Johannesburg, South Africa.
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