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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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Fraud email example:
From: "scott mtabo" <scottmtabo03@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:46:59 +0200
Subject: HOW WE CAN ACTUALLISE THE TRANSFER.
Dearest VICTIMNAME,
Compliments of the day and how are you today? Apology accepted. We hope you
are okay and in good health? Thanks for your response to our mail seeking
for your help and assistance in providing your account and also coming down
to South Africa for the immediate wire transfer of these funds into your
account for proper and judicious investment in your country. You are a God
Sent to my family, just count yourself blessed in otherwords, Please kindly
go through this mail carefully as this is how we can finalize this
transaction, there is no implication’s as everything about this
transaction/transfer will be done in your presence and arrangements has been
properly put in place. I know your fears and skepticisims although there are
lots of scams that exist on the internate but on behalf of my humble family,
i am assuring you that WE ARE REAL AND THE TRANSACTION IS REAL HENCE, COME
AND SEE US HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA.
As a matter of fact, our family choose you because we all agree after our
close door family meeting that we are going to invest our family funds in
your country and that have being the reason why we are waiting patiently for
your response, so hence it is our choice to invest these funds in your
country, we started looking for contact details of a trustworthy individual
in your country hence we do not know anybody and will only transfer these
funds into such a person's account when we reach a mutual understanding,
trust and confidence with such a person. However, to give you the clear
picture of what is involved and how this transaction has been scheduled.
Precisely, This money is in US$100 bills, the whole of these funds has been
deposited with a private security company for safe keeping and at the course
of depositing these funds with the security company, we never disclosed the
actual content of the safe deposit box as money [physical cash] to the
officials of the security company rather we told them that its content was
precious stones and reason for this was to avoid questions arising about the
source of the funds and also for the fear of seizure as security company
does not lodge or keep money here in South Africa.
Secondly, we are currently residing here in South Africa as refugees
[asylum seekers] and due to South African strict monetary policies and
regulations prohibiting we refugees most of financial and legal rights that
we are not allowed to open or operate account in any of the commercial banks
here even not to deposit money into any given account or to make any kind or
form of money transfer. That is why we are calling you to assist us and
transfer these funds into your account for investment, because we will
finally settle with you in your country with my family as an investor. You
have to give us a strong assurance and promise that these funds is going to
be safe in your hands because this is the only hope and future of me and my
family and we don’t want to hand it to a wrong hand.
Coseequently, based on this predicament facing our refugee status, we have
secretly perfected and solidified all possible and necessary arrangements
with the authorities concerned with international monetary affairs in South
Africa, who is now on our side to work together and push or transfer this
money to your account successfully without any problem or risk on both
sides.
Considering the plans and arrangements that has been in place, you are
requested to arrive here in South Africa within 21 working days from now in
order for you to help us open a non-resident account with your name, where
this money will be deposited firstly before onwards wire transfer to your
country's bank account. This transaction will only take you 3-4 working days
pending the day you will arrive with the arrangements that has been in
place.
In addition, your coming will create an opportunity of seeing each other
face to face and discuss investment opportunities in your country and also
discuss with the bank officials on how the funds will be received on your
side, either the whole funds transferred in one operation or bit by bit, his
you will confirm on our meeting with them on your arrival.
Finally, we look forward for your kind understanding and co-operation as all
possible and necessary arrangement on how to transfer these funds
successfully has been effectively put in place before we contacted you on a
special arrangement.
In conclusion, be informed that your earlier arrival will be of immense help
to conclude and finalize this transaction. It will also help us in reducing
our stress in high cost of our security company bills and charges in which
we pays US$9,000:00 every month at a daily charge of US$300 and this payment
has been going on for a long time.
Please give us your private phone and fax number for free flow of
communication, although your telephone has been already been given to us and
please make sure you keep this transaction to your self alone, not to the
hearing of any other person, for the benefit and interest of this
transaction until we archive our aim and obligation and I and my family
arrive in your country safely. Waiting your immediate reply.
Thanks and God bless,
Yours faithfully,
MR. Scott Mtabo
(For the family).
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