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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27832085249 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • thabongema1@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.Thabo Ngema" <drngema002@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 21:07:21 +0200
Subject: TRANSFER/INVESTMENT (From,Dr.T Ngema)

FROM:DR.T.NGEMA
TEL: +27-83208-5249

EMAIL:thabongema1@myway.com

ATTENTION: DIRECTOR / CEO


Attn: Sir,



I know that this message will come to you as a surprise since we don?t know
each other before, but for purpose of introduction, I am DR. THABO NGEMA,
the Chief auditor of AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB). There is an account
opened in this bank in 1980 and since 1990 nobody has operated on 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 would be
forfeited for nothing.

The owner of this account is Mr. Smith B. Andreas, a foreigner, and a miner
at Kruger gold co., a geologist by profession and he died since 1990. No
other person knows about this account or any concerning it, the account has
no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that his
company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is
(USD 33.86M)
Thirty three million eight hundred and sixty thousand United States Dollars.

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign
account because the money is in us dollars and the former owner of the
account is Mr. Smith B. Andreas is a foreigner too. I know that this message
will come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before. We will
sign an agreement, but be sure that it is real and a genuine business.
Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take
immediately. Send also your private telephone and fax number including the
full details of the account to be used for the deposit. I want us to meet
face to face or sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that you can
receive this money into a foreign account or any account of our choice where
the fund will be safe. And I will fly to your country for withdrawal and
sharing and other investments.

I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign
account and foreign
beneficiary. I need your full co-operation to make this work fine 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 later, if you
are willing and capable to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust
according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit because this
opportunity will never come again in my life. I need truthful person in this
business because I don't want to make mistake I need your strong assurance
and trust.

With my position now in the office I can transfer this money to any
foreigner's reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that this
money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for
sharing. I will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive
this money leaving no trace to any place. You can also come to discuss with
me face to face after which Iwill make this remittance in your presence and
two of us will fly to your country at least two days ahead of the money
going into the account.

I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward
transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms of
the ministries and foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this
business, you will be given 20% of the total amount, 75% will be for me for
investment in your coutry which you will equally guide me, and while 5% will
be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of
transferring.

I look forward to your earliest reply through my telephone or my private
E-mail above.

Yours truly,
Dr.T. NGEMA

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