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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: "j alex" <j_alex_2@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: alexjohnson2010@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:50:27 +0000
Subject: FROM: MR. ALEX
CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT
From: Alex Johnson
E-Mail: alexjohnson2010@yahoo.com
Attn: President/CEO,
I am Mr. Alex Johnson, the chief Auditor of ABSA BANK SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA
BANK). I got your contact address from your country’s Trade Journal. You’re
impressive and managerial records made me to solicit for your partnership in
these regards. You are the only person that I have contacted in this
business with the believe that you will not let me down.
After going through some old files in the records department, I discovered
that there is an account opened with this bank in 1998 and since 2004; no
body has operated on this account. The owner of this account is late Mr.
Jerome N. Snaga, a foreigner and a miner at the Anglo Gold Platinum Mining
Company in Mafikeng, as a geologist by profession and he died since 1998. Up
till now, no other person knows about this account or anything concerning
it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me
as well that this company does not know anything about this account and the
amount involved is US$ 22Million (Twenty-Two Million United States Dollars).
I want to first transfer US$12 Million (Twelve Million United States
Dollars) from the money into a safe foreign account abroad before the rest,
but I’ve not gotten a trusted foreigner. I am only contacting you as a
foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local bank here, but
can be approved to any foreign account because the money is in US dollars
and the former owner of the account Mr. Snaga was a foreigner and because of
the need to involve a foreign account, I need your full co-operation to make
this work smoothly because the management is ready to approve this payment
to whoever that has correct information to this account of which I will give
to you later, if you are able to handle such amount in strict confidence and
trust According to my instruction and advice for our mutual benefits because
this opportunity will never come again in my life. I need your strong
assurance, trust and reliability.
With my position now in the office, I can transfer this money to any
reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that this money will
be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing. I will
destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this money,
leaving no trace of any place.
You can also come to discuss with me face-to-face then the remittance will
be made in the presence of both of us. Then we will fly to your country at
least two days ahead of the money going into the account.
I have the tendency to invest my own share of the money in your country in
expectation to sound management and good capital returns according to your
advice. Be assured that you stand no risk of any kind as the fund belongs to
us now. Therefore, after the eventual stage of the transfer of this fund, I
am offering you 35% of the total fund, 60% will be for me while 5% will be
set aside for expenses that might incur during the course of this
transaction OR you can call me to discuss on the percentage if this did not
go well with you.
I strongly believe that associating with you to embark on these funds; other
business ventures will derive a huge success thereafter. I will use my
position to influence to effect approvals for onward transfer of this money
to your account with appropriate clearance forms from the ministries and
foreign exchange department. I am counting on your sense of confidentiality,
as it is my desire to keep this to yourself. You can contact me for more
details via my Phone/ e-mail address with your reference.
Looking forward to your urgent response,
Best regards,
Mr. Alex Johnson.
Unless otherwise indicated or obvious from the nature of this transmittal,
the information contained in this email message is privileged and
confidential information intended for the use of the individual or entity
named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or
the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the recipient, you are
hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or coping of this
communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this
communication in error or are not sure whether it is privileged, please
immediately notify me by telephone and return or destroy the original
message.
THANK YOU.
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