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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: jsitholi_1975@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 08:48:55 +0200
Subject: Proposal, Are you intrested?
From: Mr. Jeff Sitholi.
Department of Mineral Resources,
Republic of South Africa
Email: jsitholi1975@yahoo.co.uk
Hello!
It is my great pleasure to write you this letter on behalf of my
colleagues. Your information was given to me by a member of the South
African
Export Promotion Council (SAEPC) who was with the Government delegation
on a trip to overseas country for bilateral conference talks to
encourage foreign investors. I have decided to seek a confidential
co-operation with you in the execution of the deal hereunder for the
benefit of
all parties and hope you will keep it confidential because of the
nature
of this business.
Within the Department of Minerals & Energy where I work as a Director
of Audit and Project Implementation and with the co-operation of three
other top officials, we have in our possession an overdue payment in US
Dollar funds. The said funds represent certain percentage of the total
contract value executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign
contracting firm, which we the officials over-invoiced to the amount of
US$28.500,000.00 (Twenty Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand US
Dollars).
Though the actual contract cost has been paid to the original
contractor,
leaving the excess balance unclaimed.
Since the present Government is determined to pay all foreign
contractor's debts owed in order to maintain good relationship with
foreign
governments and non-governmental agencies. We intend to include our
bills
for approvals with the Department of Finance and the Contracts Award
and
Payments Committee. So we are seeking your assistance to front as
beneficiary of the unclaimed funds, since we are not allowed to operate
foreign accounts. Details and change of beneficiary information upon
application for claim to reflect payment and approvals will be secured
on
behalf of you/your company.
I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you
be willing to assist us in this transaction your share as compensation
will be so negotiated and agreed upon by both you and we on this side,
before further details will change hands to enhance our primary
objective. The mode of sharing after a successful transfer of the money
into
your account, shall be 70% to my colleagues and I, for the role you
will
be expected to play in this deal, we have agreed to give you 25% of the
total sum and 5% for the expenses we are going to encounter by the two
parties at the course of this transaction.
The business is completely safe and secure, provided you treat it with
utmost confidentiality. It does not matter whether you/your company
does contract projects as a transfer of powers will be secured in favor
of
you/your company to settle any legality. Also, your area of
specialization is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this
transaction.
I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not
disappoint us.
I expect your urgent response to enable us conclude this transaction
urgently without any hitch. Kindly notify me via my email for further
details upon your acceptance of this proposal with email account above.
Thanks for your co-operation.
Regards
Mr. Jeff Sitholi
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