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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: James Grove <jamesgrove16@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: jamesgrove@myway.com
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 06:04:14 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Hello
Hello,
Compliment of the day to you. I wish to extend this
mutual business proposal to you with the hope that you
will gladly accept.
I am Mr james grove, the personal account officer to
the great late diseased who has an account in one of
the top banks here in South Africa.
We want to transfer to overseas ($45,000,000 USD)
fourthy five million United State Dollars from a
Cooperate Bank here in South Africa to an oversea
account . The account was opened in 2001 and he died
in 2004 without a written or oral WILL and since 2004
nobody has operated on this account again. After going
through some old files in the records I discovered
that the owner of the account died without a [heir]
hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this
money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing
and the Govt.of South Africa will confiscate the funds
for their personal use which I personally don't want
such incident to happen being that this is a great
opportunity for me.
I want to ask you to quietly look for a reliable and
honest person who will be capable and fit to provide
either an existing bank account or to set up a new
Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even an
empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as long as
you will remain honest to me till the end for this
important business trusting in you and believing in
God that you will never let me down either now or in
future.
The amount involved is ($45,000,000 USD) fourthy five
million United State Dollars, but I don't know any
foreigner. I am only contacting you as a foreigner
because this money can not be approved to a local
person here, without valid international foreign
passport, but can only be approved to any foreigner
with valid international passport or drivers license
and foreign a/c because the money is in UNITED STATE
DOLLARS and the former owner of the a/c is a foreigner
too, [and the money can only be approved into a
foreign a/c.
I have packaged this transaction in a way that it will
be of mutual benefit to us. As the branch manager, it
is my duty to send a financial report to my head
office in the capital city, Pretoria, at the end of
each financial year.I have also moved the funds into
what the bank call Escrow Holding Account with no
beneficiary. Meanwhile as you know I can not be
directly connected to this money for obvious reasons
...I will compute your particulars as the person who
made the deposit in my branch, so that my head office
will immediately order the transfer to your designated
bank Account.
I got your contact address from my secretary who
operates computer, I am revealing this to you with
believe in God that you will never let me down in this
business. you are the first and the only person that I
am contacting for this business, so please reply
urgently so that I will inform you the next step to
take urgently. Send also your private telephone and
fax number including the full details of the account
to be used for the deposit.
I need your full co-operation to make this work fine.
because the management is ready to approve this
payment to any foreigner who has correct information
of this account, which I will give to you, upon your
positive response and once I am convinced that you are
capable and will meet up with instruction of a key
bank official who is deeply involved with me in this
business.
I need your strong assurance that you will never,
never let me down.
With my influence and the position of the bank
official we can transfer this money to any foreigner's
reliable account which you can provide with assurance
that this money will be intact pending our physical
arrival in your country for withdrawal, sharing and
for possible investments. The bank official will
destroy all documents of transaction immediately we
receive this money leaving no trace ,we will fly to
your country at least two days ahead of the money
going into the account for withdrwal , sharing and for
possible investment.
I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately
I hear from you that you are ready to act and receive
this fund in your account. I will use my position and
influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward
transfer of this money to your account with
appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries
and foreign exchange departments.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given
35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5%
will be for expenses both parties might have incurred
during the process of transferring.
I look forward to your earliest reply through my
private jamesgrove@myway.com
Sincerely,
Mr. james grove
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