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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: "Gabriel Lakonty" <lakonty_1@rya-online.net>
Reply-To: gabriellakonty_19@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:33:59 GMT
Subject: HAPPY NEW YEAR AND PROSPEROUS 2008
3/5 RIDER HAGGARD
CLOSE, JO, BORG
SOUTH AFRICA.
RE: TRANSFER OF $152,000.000.00 USD (ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
TWO MILLION DOLLARS ONLY)
Dear Friend,
We want to transfer to overseas ($ 152,000.000.00USD) One
hundred and Fifty two million United States Dollars only)
from a Bank in Africa, 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 anew
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.
I am Mr.Gabriel Lakonty, the Auditor General of a bank in
South Africa, during the course of our auditing, I
discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank
in 1990 and since 1993 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.
The owner of this account is Mr. Arthur Coleman , a
foreigner, and an Industrialist, who died since 1993 and no
other person knows about this account or anything concerning
it, the account has no other beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me as well that Arthur Coleman until
his death was the manager of Coleman Co.(pty). SA.
We will start the first transfer with fifty two million
[$52,000.000] upon successful transaction without any
disappointment from your side, we shall re-apply for the
payment of the remaining amount to your account. The amount
involved is (USD 152M) One hundred and Fifty two million
United States Dollars only. I want to first transfer
$52,000.000 [fifty two million United States Dollars from
this money into a safe foreigners account abroad before the
rest, 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 a foreigner with valid
international passport or drivers license and foreign a/c
because the money is in US DOLLARS and the former owner of
the a/c Mr. Arthur Coleman is a foreigner too, and the money
can only be approved into a foreign a/c.
However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind us
together. Also I want you to know that am revealing this
business 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 on the next step to
take urgently. Send also your private telephone and fax
numbers for telephone communication and easy sending of
necesary documents.
I want us to meet face to face to build confidence and to
sign a binding agreement that will bind us together before
transferring the money to any account of your choice where
the fund will be safe before we fly to your country for
withdrawal, sharing and investments. 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 instructions 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 until our physical arrival
in your country for sharing. The bank official will destroy
all documents of transaction immediately we receive this
money leaving no trace to any place and to build confidence
you can come immediately to discuss with me face to face
after which I will make this remittance in your presence and
three of us will fly to your country at least two days ahead
of the money going into the account.
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 transfering.
I look forward to your earliest reply.
Regards and God Blessesd.
Mr. Gabriel Lakonty.
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