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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: "Mr Richard Umebe" <richardum_ebe876@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: umeberichard@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:27:11 +0100
Subject: intorduction to project implementation
Good Day,
I am Mr. Richard Umebe, a Native of Cape Town and Director of Project
Implementation, Department of Mines and Energy.(DME) South-Africa.
First and foremost apologized using this medium to reach you for a
transaction/business of this magnitude, but this is due to Confidentiality
and prompt access reposed on this medium. In unfolding this proposal, I want
to count on you, as a respected and honest person to handle this transaction
with sincerity, trust and confidentiality.
I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution
of the deal described hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you
will keep it as a top secret because of the nature of this transaction.
Within the Ministry of Mining and Natural Resources where I work as Director
of Project Implementation and with the Co-operation of four other top
officials, we have in our possession as overdue payment bills totaling
Fourteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollar(US$14,500,000.)
which we want to transfer abroad with the assistance and cooperation of a
foreign company/individual to receive the said fund on our behalf or a
reliable foreign non-company account to receive such funds.
More so, we are handicapped in the circumstances, as the South Africa Civil
Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate offshore account hence
your importance in the whole transaction. This amount $14.5m represents the
balance of the total contract value executed on behalf of my Department by a
foreign contracting firm, which we the officials over-invoiced deliberately.
Though the actual contract cost have been paid to the original contractor,
leaving the balance in the tune of the said amount which we have in
principles gotten approval to remit by Key tested Telegraphic Transfer
(K.T.T) to any foreign bank account you will provide by filing in an
application through the Ministry of Justice here in South Africa for the
transfer of rights and privileges of the former contractor to you.
I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you be
willing to assist us in the transaction, Your share of the total sum will be
20% of the $14.5 million, 70% for us and 5% for taxation and Miscellaneous
expenses and while balance 5% will go to charity organization. The business
itself is 100%safe, on your part provided you treat it with utmost secrecy
and confidentiality.
I want to assure you that my partners and I are in a position to make the
payment of this claim possible provided you can give us a very strong
assurance. And also to guarantee that our share will be secured and please,
remember to treat this matter very confidential.
Please indicate your willingness to proceed in this project and send me your
telephone/fax numbers to facilitate communication.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Richard Umebe
+27-72-0446181
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