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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • j_mazikele2004@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "julian mazikele" <j_mazikele2004@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:33:31 +0200
Subject: PLEASE TREAT AS URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL

From: Dr. Julian Mazikele
Chief Auditor,
First National Bank Limited (FNB)
Johannesburg South Africa,
Email:j_mazikele2004@hotmail.com



Dear Sir / Madam,


Confidential Business Proposal / Assistance.





In order to transfer out US$27.350 Million (Twenty Seven Million Three
Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) from FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Limited (FNB), I am mandated by my colleagues to look for a reliable and
honest person who will be capable for this important business believing that
you will never let me down either now or in future.

PROPOSITION:

I am DR. JULIAN MAZIKELE, the Chief auditor of FIRST NATIONAL BANK Limited
(FNB), there is an account opened in this bank in 1985 and since 1994 nobody
has operated this account. After going through some old files in the
records, WE discovered that if this money were not transferred urgently it
would be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is Engr. Leopold
Donald, a foreigner, and miner at Kruger gold company and he died since
1994.

Interestingly, no other person except my three colleagues knows about the
dormant nature of this account or any thing concerning it, the account has
no other beneficiary and the amount involved is US$27.350 (Twenty Seven
Million Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars). We want to
transfer this fund from this account into a safe foreigners account outside
South Africa, but I do not know any foreigner that I can trust hence my
contacting you. 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, Leopold Donald Prantz is a foreigner too.

In view of the information we have, we must inform you that the management
is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner, who has correct
information of this account, which we will give to you latter.We will do
this only if you convince me that you are able and capable to handle such
amount in strict confidence and trust for our mutual benefit.

Furthermore, It is important that I inform you clearly that this transaction
is 100% risk free and the major thing we demand from you is to remain trust
worthy and assure me that this money will be intact when transferred to your
account pending when we meet for us to share the money.

Once the money is transferred to your account, we shall destroy all
documents relating to the transfer of this money so that it cannot be
traced. We will also use our position and influence to obtain all legal
approvals and documentation for onward transfer of this money with
appropriate clearance from relevant Ministries and foreign exchange
department.

Finally, for your efforts/assistance, we are willing to give you 20% of the
money while 5% will be set aside (in principle) for both local and
international expenses incurred in the course of this transaction.

I look forward to hearing from you on the above email address,I shall
forward to you my private telephone and fax numbers on receipt of your
response.

Best regards,

Dr. Julian Mazikele.

N.B:Please your urgent response is needed. Due to the nature of the
transfer, we need to hasten up as quick as we can to transfer this money out
of South Africa

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