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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: tebothusi1@yahoo.es
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:28:58 +0200
Subject: PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
First National Bank
P.O. Box 1153
Johannesburg
South Africa
TEL: +27-737-405-700
PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
Dear Sir/Madam:
Compliment of the season. I got to know of you in search for a
Reputabl
and reliable person to assist me in an urgent needs requiring Utmost
trust
and confidentiality.
I am Tebogo Mothusi, the manager in the FOREIGN REMMITTANCE DEPT. of
First National Bank of South Africa
I am writing this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to
carry out this business opportunity in my department.
We discovered an abandoned sum of ($18.5million) Eighteen Million And
Five
Hundred thousand Dollars Only in an account that belongs to one of our
foreign Customer Late Mr.Robert Ebner, who died along with his entire
family
wife and Three children in December 26, 2003 in a plane crash.
Since we heard of his Death, we have been expecting his next of kin to
come
over and put claims for His money as the heir, because we can not
release
the fund from his account Unless someone applies for the claims as the
next
of kin to the deceased as Indicated in our banking guidelines.
Unfortunately, neither their family member nor distant relatives Has
ever
appeared to claim the fund upon this discovery, I and other Officials
in my
department have agreed to make a deal with you and Release the fund
into
your account as the NEXT OF KIN of the decease, Since no one Came for
it or
discovered the maintained account with our Bank otherwise the Fund will
be
returned to the bank's treasury as unclaimed fund Please Visit
http://Www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/25/world/main590221.shtml
For your confirmation of the death, the money will be paid into Your
account
for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and my Colleagues and 35%
for
you, while 5% will be for expenses both parties Might have incurred
during
the process of the transferring.
After the successful completion of this transaction, one of my
Colleagues
and I will come to your country for our percentage, it is from our
share we
intend to import medical equipments into my Country as a way of
recycling
the fund.
To commence this transaction we require you to immediately indicate
your
interest if this Intent Is OK by you I do not wish you take advantage
of the
trust we hope to Bestow On you, and then kindly reach me through my
private
email address (tebothusi@yahoo.com)
On getting your response and willingness to do this business with me
and my
colleagues I will then inform you on how we are going to further this
transactions.
NOTIFICATION: THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE, FOR YOUR INFORMATION
AND
ASSURANCE TO AVOID BEIGN SCARED ABOUT THE TRANSACTIONS.
I await your immediate response.
Best Regards.
Tebogo Mothusi
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