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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: johnkhfnb01@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 07:17:20 +0200
Subject: Contact Mr. Khumalo (FNB) Urgently.
From: Chief Auditor,
John Khumalo
First National Bank
East Gate Branch
Johannesburg,South Africa.
Please Reply Only To This:
Electronic Address: kumalfnbj@hotmal.com
Sir/Madam,
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise since we don't know each other before, but for the purpose of introduction, I am Dr. John Khumalo, the Chief auditor of First National Bank (FNB) East gate Branch Johannesburg South Africa .
There is an account opened in this bank in 1980 and since July 27th 1990 nobody has operated on this account again. After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not with my Position cover up this file and make the required necessary arrangement and remit this money out to a foreign account Overseas urgently it would be forfeited for nothing to the Government.
The owner of this account is Mr. Smith B. Andreas, a foreigner, and a miner at Kruger gold mining company, who is a geologist by profession and he died since 1990. No other person knows about this his backup account with our bank or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and with my Investigation as the Chief Auditor in this bank branch proved to me as well that his company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is (USD 9.750M) Nine million Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local bank account here which if I try to do that it will raise question, but it can only be approved to any foreign account with proper documentation proving that the receiving beneficiary is the authorized next of kin to the deceased owner of the account, because the money is in US dollars and the former owner of the account Mr. Smith B. Andreas is !
a foreigner too. We will sign an agreement, but be sure that it is real and a genuine business deal.
Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take immediately. Send also your private telephone and fax number for more easy communication among ourselves, including the full details of the account to be used for the deposit.
Again, I want us to meet face to face or sign a binding agreement that will be legally binding at any court of law, so that you can receive this money into a foreign account or any account of your choice where the fund will be safe. And I will fly to your country for withdrawal / sharing and for other investments plans which I also will go into with my own share of the deal and that will also be under your close supervision and directives.
I hope you fully understand that I alone can not execute and carry out this transaction on my own and achieve this goal successfully without involving someone in more high position and authority than me , already I have finalize with the director of our exchange controller in our Central Bank who his department handle all foreign transfer in our country that is been conducted by all the commercial bank in our country which my bank, first national bank is among the leading commercial banks in Southern Africa. I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to approve the wire transfer of this money and to confirm payment to any foreigner, who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you immediately, if you are capable and willing to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit because this opportunity will never come again in my life. I need truthful p!
erson in this business because I don't want to make mistake I need your strong assurance and trust. With my position now in the office I can transfer this money to any foreign reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country. We will destroy all documents involve immediately we confirm this money in any account you will provide. You can also come to discuss with me face to face after which we shall conduct this remittance in your presence and two 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 and receive this fund in your account.
The director of our Central Bank Exchange Control Department and I will use our position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms of the ministries and foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this business, on your reply of this letter we shall discuss immediately you own percentage of the project.
I look forward to your earliest reply, please remember to exclusively write me back through my email address or telephone number as have specified above
Yours truly,
Dr John Khumalo.
Forex Dept.
FNB.Eastgate
Branch.(SA).
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