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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: "ben themba" <ben_themba7@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:50:36 +0000
Subject: From Mr. Ben Themba.
Dear VICTIMNAME,
Thank you very much for showing interest in my proposal. I will be happy to
work with you on this business transaction as long as we have one
understanding - TRUST and CONFIDENCE in each other not undermining the need
for discretion.
I believed that you can handle this business transaction and I know that you
will not betrayed me when the funds finally gets into your account because
our family depends on this money and we wouldn’t want anything to happen to
it
The content of your mail is well understood and noted, how are you today I
hope all is well with and your family. I want to re-assure you of 100% risk
free of this transaction, my family and I have decided that you will receive
30% while 10% for expenses.
I will need your full brotherly corporation in all areas of this business to
make it work; already much has been set in urgent motion to bring this
transaction to a logical conclusion for both of us.
Firstly, I have prompted our family lawyer here to prepare a change of
ownership-rights of funds to your name. As soon as you indicate more
commitment, this will make you the beneficiary to the funds. Remember we are
asylum seekers here in South Africa and do not have rights to open any bank
account, thus we need you to come and claim the said funds for us.
You will need to come over and open a non-resident account with any of the
local banks here so that the funds will be transferred directly from the
bank to this newly opened account of yours for onward transfer into your
overseas account.
I will really like it if you can come down to South Africa, it will give us
an opportunity to know each other very well. However, if you cannot come
here, there are alternatives we can progress with, with the help of our
family attorney here,
As you may know, this money is not cash at hand and has to go through a
process of taking delivery of the consignment from the security company and
depositing the money into your newly opened non-resident account.
Please I would like to know more about you and your family. Also, this may
be important - please send to me your telephone number for easier
communication or you can call me on my telephone number on +27-73-744-7807.
As you know we have to keep this transaction very confidential.
Waiting to hear from you soonest.
Thank you and God bless you.
Mr. Ben Themba.
For the Family.
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