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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: "south" <lucaforeal01@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:12:35 -1000
Subject: Business Request
Request For Buiseness Proposal
From : Lucas Goma.
E-MAIL:lucas_goma@yahoo.com
Date : 05-08-2006
Sir,
My name is Lucas Goma an executive member of the South African tender’s
board committee of the Department Minerals and Energy. Upon recommendation,
I wish to request your participation in a business transaction requiring
strict confidentiality.
The intention of this letter is to ask for your co-operation in redeeming a
payment, which has been afloat in a suspense account of the Department. The
source of this money now valued at US$15 million was an investment interest,
purchased originally by one Mr. Terry Holmes
in 1973 and leased to the South African Department of Minerals and Energy.
Since the maturity of the investment in September 2000, several attempts
have been made to contact the Beneficiary or his next of kin or any of his
closed relatives [in whose favor the cash valued of the investment can be
paid] without any success. Recent report by the government finally revealed
that Mr.Terry is deceased.
Furthermore, my colleagues and I are in charge of monies owed to overseas
beneficiaries by the ministry and we have initiated a process to file a
claim for the matured cash valued of US$15 million of the investment by the
late Mr.Terry in hopes of transferring the money oversea into your trust for
us. If we can come to an ‘agreement’, my partners can successfully initiate
a claim for the US$15 million claiming that you are a relative of the
deceased and that you are appointed heir beneficiary of his investments. If
the claim is approved, you will be paid the total sum of
the cash investment.
However, be rest assured that there is absolutely nothing to worry about
with respect to this claim, it is perfectly safe with no risk involved. It
is secured from further inquires, as the tenders board committee is given
the powers by the laws of the Republic of South Africa to investigate and
verify claims for the payment to overseas beneficiaries. Upon our
recommendation, your claim will be approved for onward payment to you. You
will not be required to travel to South Africa to process the claim
yourself; my colleagues will handle all relevant issues on
your behalf.The money will be paid into an over sea’s bank account that you
will nominate. Consequently, for assisting us, at the end of the transaction
your share will be 25% of the total
sum. 70% will be our share and it will be under your trust pending viable
investment opportunities available to us. I will meet you in your country to
ensure that our 70% is secured. All financial commitments that will be
incident on this transaction will be taken care of by myself and my
partners.I strongly assure you that we are in the position to make this
payment possible pending we have your full co-operation and guarantee that
our money will be safe in your possession.
As public servant in our country, we cannot transfer monies oversea in our
names or company names and we are not allowed to operate foreign accounts.
Therefore, please treat this business in strict confidentiality. I do hope
that my proposal is acceptable to you. I am using this opportunity to write
you because I am currently in Europe on government sponsored trade mission
but will be going back to South Africa shortly. Please you can reach me at
the above email address. I urgently anticipate your quick reply. After
hearing from you, I shall bring you to a
better understanding of this great opportunity and inform you about the
information needed from you, to file the claim and conclude the payment
transfer to you.
Please this letter is for your eyes only and I plead for your complete
confidentiality and secrecy about this transaction for we are highly placed
officers in my country.
My regards
Lucas Goma
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