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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • plmabuya1@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: peter mabuya <plmabuya1@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: plmabuya@yahoo.ca
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 13:56:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hi


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: plmabuya1@yahoo.ca

DIRECT TEL: +871-762-921-675

DIRECT FAX: +871-762-921-676


BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Dear Sir,



Am Mr. Peter Mabuya, (Director of Audit and Project Implementation), South Africa Department of Minerals & Energy. I am making this contact with you based on my committee's need for an individual/company who is willing to assist us with a solution to a money transfer. First, I apologized using this medium to reach you for a transaction/business of this magnitude, but this is due to prompt access reposed on this medium.

In unfolding this proposal, I want to count on you, as a respected and honest person to handle this transaction with sincerity, trust and confidentiality. I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the deal described here under for the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep it as a top secret because of the nature of this transaction.

Within the Department of Minerals and Energy where I work as Director of Project Implementation and with the co-operation of two other top officials, we have in our possession as overdue payment bills totaling Fourteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$14,500,000.) Which we want to transfer abroad with the assistance and cooperation of an individual to receive these funds on our behalf.

More so, we are handicapped in the circumstances, as the South Africa Civil Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate foreign account hence your importance the whole transaction.

Consequently, we want to front you as the beneficiary to this contractual sum $14.5m which we have in principles gotten approval to remit by Key tested Telegraphic Transfer (K.T.T) to any foreign bank account. In addition, I want to inform you that all modalities have been put in place for the success of this transaction.

I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you be willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the sum will be 25% of the $14.5 million, 65% for us and 10% for taxation and miscellaneous expenses. .

I await your immediate response.


N.B Please reply with your direct telephone and fax numbers to enable me contact you for further clarifications.


Best Regards,



- peter mabuya

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