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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 JAN MB <hjhggfggggguyj@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jan_mb@excite.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:45:20 +0200
Subject: Urgent Important Business!!!
Urgent Important Business!!!Home address No 16th floor, 1 First PlaceCnrrr Simmonde's & Pritchard,sStreetJohannesburg, Gauteng'sSouth Africa RE: TRANSFER OF USD 38, 000,000.00 MILLION TO YOUR ACCOUNT. I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business. Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest medium of communication. However, this correspondence is private, and it should be treated in strict confidence. At first I will like to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk and trouble free to both parties.In order to transfer out USD 38, 000,000.00 {Thirty eight million U. S dollar Only} from our bank here in South Africa. The fund for transfer is of clean origin. The owner of the fund is a foreigner, a program leader who was believed to acquire the fund through his secret Crude Oil deal with the Former IRAQI government. The deceased died with all the members of his family in an auto-accident in January 3rd, 2004 without a WILL. The amount involved is USD 38, 000,000.00 I want to transfer this money into your account as the foreign beneficiary of the fund. I know that this letter will come to you as a surprise as we don\\'t know ourselves before, BUT BE SURE THAT IT IS REAL AND A GENUINE BUSINESS. I CONTACT YOU BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL NOT LET ME DOWN ONCE THE FUND GOES INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. And I want to assure you that this business is legitimate provided you follow my instruction accordingly as I am taking from my insiders here and also from minister who is the key of the success of this business, this is a business i gave you in a full confidence believing that you will never let me down either now or in future. I am so much glad to do this business because when i told my secretary to search for me an email where i can send a message on her proceeding to my instruction and also before i proceed in contacting i prayed and ask my God to show me a sign reliable person and after some days i was dreaming where i am doing merriment in a big table that made me to contact the person. This is a thing of choice if you can made your choice to try me i will be very glad to welcome you. Let me hear from you Soonest..Regards,Mr. Jan Mbaala Guck.
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