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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: MR RICZA ZANKI <riczazankizz@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 00:22:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: DID YOU GET MY MAIL
Compliments and please accept my highest regards and esteem. I feel safe sending you this business proposal having gone through your contact and remarkable profile on the internet even through this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still remain the fastest, surest and above all the most secured medium of communication. This project requires an urgent and reliable foreigner for proper handling and smooth execution hence your choice.
I am the auditor-general of a prime bank in South Africa and a member of foreign payment monitoring team of the same bank. During the course of our assignments and deliberation, we discovered that deceased until his death was a consultant and contractor most of the Petrochemical companies in South Africa as a foreigner, hence the deceased has a floating account opened in the bank in 2002 with our institution here in SA and before his death he has no WILL or Heir and no other person knows about this fund because after his death his company was liquidated by the management and from investigations his parents were reported dead as such this fund has remained unclaimed for four years.
Hence it became imperative to seek for a reliable foreigner therefore I am soliciting for your assist to transfer the sum of $8.2M from the account of the deceased who died in an auto crash which took place in South Africa on 21st July, 2003 to safe haven since this fund can only be approved to a foreigner who has adequate information to lay the claim as the beneficiary of the fund. Be assured that the necessary information required to establish this claim will be made available to you in due time as all modalities has been put in place to ensure the successful transfer of the fund to your nominated account.
You will be required to furnish us immediately with your banking details, your phone number so as to enable us seek/secure approvals of the fund from the appropriate ministries and agencies within 7 banking days of forwarding your application to the bank. We have therefore resolved to seek your urgent understanding to partner and collaborate with us as a foreigner with a view to compensate you adequately upon the successful conclusion of this project. This transaction will be hitch-free.
We have equally decided for optimum result that this transaction will be based completely on the following terms and conditions strictly; 60% of the fund will come to us and 35% goes to you while the remaining 5% is mapped for contingencies.
I assure you the fullest and absolute co-operation and a hitch-free operation in this regards. I equally guarantee you total protection throughout this transaction. You are indeed very free to ask questions you dime necessary for further clarification and please endeavor to keep secret all the information concerning this transaction. Your most urgent response will be highly appreciated through my email in order to avoid my further contacts.
Regards
Richard Zanki
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