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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: "martin creek" <martin_creek76@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: martin_creek1@usa.com
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:09:00 +0200
Subject: From:Mr.Martin Creek.
From:Mr.Martin Creek.
18 Independence Close.
Johannesburg.South Africa.
My Dear,
Pleae could you permit me to introduce myself to you hoping that you will
treat this mail as an internet junk mail neither will you treat it as a
joke.
I want to ask you to kindly look for a reliable and honest person who will
be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a
new bank account immediately to receive this money, through an empty bank
account could serve this purpose as long as 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 Mr.Martin
Creek,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
this account again. After going through some old files in the records, I
discovered that the owner of the account died without a ?eir apparent to the
throne? hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out
urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.
The owner of this account who is Mr.Hugo Williams,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 investigation proved to me
as well that Hugo Williams until his death was the manager Oriental Diamond
Company, in South Africa.
However, if you are interested in this business we will start the first
money transfer with Forty Two Million U.S.Dollars (U.S. $42,000,000.00) upon
successful transaction without any disappointment from you. We shall also
re-apply for the payment of the remaining amount to your account.
While the total amount involved is One hundred and Forty Two Million United
States Dollars (U.S.$142000,000.00)only. I would want us to make a first
transfer of [Forty Two Million United States Dollar. (U.S. $4200, 000.00)
from this money into a safe foreigners account abroad before the rest. I am
only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to
a local account, without valid international foreign? greement? but could
only be approved to any foreigner with valid international credentials:
passport or drivers license and foreign account because this sum is in U.S.
dollars and theformer owner of the account Mr.Hugo Williams is a foreigner
too, thus the money could only be approved into a foreign account.
However, knowing all this, we will reach a binding agreement in this
regards. As a matter of urgency, I will inform you the next step to take,
while you send 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 to build confidence and to sign a binding agreement that will bind us
together before transferring the money to any account of your choice where
the fund will be safe. Before we fly to your country for withdrawal, Sharing
and investments,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 reliable 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 legal approvals for onward transfer of this money to
your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries,
foreign exchange departments, and embassy and Board of Internal Revenue
services.
(1) Your Private Tele & Fax Number:
(2)Account Number:
(3)Account Name:
(4)Bank Address:
(5)Bank Name:
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the total
amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might
have incurred during this process.
I look forward to your earliest reply Yours truly,
Mr.Martin Creek.
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