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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: patrick moyo <p_moyo207@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: don_moyo1@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:41:59 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: INVESTMENT / FUND TRANSFER PROPOSAL(VERY URGENT)
FROM: Mr.Patrick Moyo
ABSA BANK
NO 33 PLAIN STREET JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA
Tel: 27- 83-722-0938
EMAIL: don_moyo1@yahoo.com
Attn: Sir/Madam
In order to execute and transfer out (US$10Million) Ten Million United States Dollars from Absa Bank. I have picked up trust and courage to look for a reliable and trustworthy person like you who will be capable of this important transaction believing that you will never let me down either now or in the future since you have a reliable
company.
My name is Mr.Patrick Moyo, the Chief Auditing Officer of the Absa Bank. There is an account opened in this bank in 1980 and since 1997, nobody has operated this account. After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently, it would be forfeited for nothing.
The owner of this account Mr. Fernando K. Carlos of India was a miner at Kruger Gold Company (KGCSA), a geologist by profession, and he died in 1997. No other person knows about this amount or anything concerning it due to the fact that the death certificate was not provided by any of his family members, therefore 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$10Million)Ten Million United States Dollars .
I am contacting you based on the fact that you are a foreigner, because this money can only be approved for payment to a foreigner, more so it cannot be approved by local bank here, as this money is in US Dollars, hence the former owner of this account is a foreigner too. I know that this proposal will come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before, however, I based my move on trust and God's directive and we still have to meet possibly, sign some agreement before the final transfer of the fund into any of your chosen designated bank account. Please, treat with utmost confidentiality.
We will provide all necessary legal documents needed to back up any claim we may make. All I require from you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this transaction
through. I guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law.
Contact me as quickly as possible after office hours between 16:00pm till late hours through the above phone number and email address (don_moyo1@yahoo.com)with your personal contact details and account information.
Expecting your urgent response.
Yours faithfully,
Mr.Patrick Moyo.
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